The new $78 million state-of-the-art Jaromir Strizka Emergency Department at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is preparing to open in the next week, My Burbank reports.
The original wood-framed Providence St. Joseph hospital was built in the 1940s with the help of workers at nearby movie studios due to labor and material shortages during World War II. The new modern and efficient Jaromir Strizka ER is 3 times larger than its predecessor at 34,500 square feet, holding 44 ER beds. Read more.
