PIH Health

Coordinates: 33°58′08″N 118°02′55″W / 33.968829°N 118.048719°W / 33.968829; -118.048719

PIH Health Hospital - Whittier is a hospital in Whittier, California. Founded in 1959 as Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital,[1] it has been managed by the nonprofit InterHealth Corporation since the mid-1980s. The organization changed its name to PIH Health in 2012.[2] PIH Health also operates PIH Health Hospital - Downey which was formerly known as Downey Regional Medical Center.[3] PIH Health operates an office in Uptown Whittier,[4] and several other medical offices elsewhere in the region that were formerly branded as Bright Medical. PIH Health is the largest employer in Whittier, and one of the largest in that region of Los Angeles County.

References

  1. ↑ "Our History".
  2. ↑ "Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital changes its name". Whittier Daily News. October 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "PIH Health officially acquires Downey Regional Medical Center". Whittier Daily News. 2013-10-01.
  4. ↑ "A Q&A with Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital's James West". Whittier Daily News. 2010-04-24.
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