May 2010

In major earthquake, new hospital one of safest in U.S.

May 28, 2010

Imagine a six-story, 450,000-square-foot building gently riding out a major earthquake on a bed of steel bearings. As the earth beneath Mills-Peninsula’s new hospital shakes violently, the building itself will rise like a pendulum and sway. If you go down under the nearly completed structure, you will see the bearing units sandwiched between the building and [...]

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Go inside the new hospital: Staff videos

May 27, 2010

As the construction team applies the finishing touches to the new building, Mills-Peninsula’s staff is hard at work preparing all employees for the transition to the new hospital. To give employees a sneak peek, the training team donned hard hats and took their video camera inside the halls of the nearly completed facility. These videos [...]

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New light-filled space for mental health programs

May 21, 2010

Mills-Peninsula’s Behavioral Health Department, which provides mental health and chemical dependency programs, is gearing up for a move this fall to a brand new, expanded, state-of-the-art facility currently under construction at the Mills Health Center in San Mateo. “We worked directly with the designers to create a very safe, open, light-filled space for our patients [...]

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Welcome to the Mills-Peninsula new hospital blog!

May 12, 2010

It’s a landmark and a lifeline. The new, state-of-the-art Mills-Peninsula Medical Center opens its doors to the community November 2010, to replace the existing Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame. The inviting, people-friendly “campus” atmosphere is quickly taking shape as the region’s safest, most technologically advanced hospital – all designed to provide you with the highest quality [...]

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Jerry Hill, Assemblymember tours site

May 11, 2010

Assemblymember Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, took a personal tour of the new Mills-Peninsula Medical Center on Friday, May 7. Here’s what he said: “This is very exciting. It’s a beautiful building, great for our community. My whole family has been coming to Mills-Peninsula for years, so I’m seeing this as my own health care future [...]

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