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The Pride of Navy Medicine. Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), also known as Bob Wilson Naval Hospital and informally referred to as "Balboa Hospital", or "The Pink Palace" (because the stucco of the first buildings that were constructed was pinkish in color), is a technologically advanced Navy medical treatment facility.
The Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) is an agency that performs basic and applied biomedical research to meet the needs of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. Its areas of focus include study of infectious diseases, biodefense, military medicine, battlefield medicine, and bone marrow research. [1]
Dameron Hospital – Stockton. Doctors Hospital of Manteca – Manteca. Kaiser Manteca Medical Center – Manteca. Lodi Memorial Hospital – Lodi. St. Joseph's Medical Center – Stockton. San Joaquin General Hospital – French Camp. Stockton State Hospital (1851–1996; closed) – the first psychiatric hospital in California.
Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the United States Pacific Fleet, consisting of over 50 ships and over 150 tenant commands. The base is composed of 13 piers stretched over 1,600 acres (650 ha) of land and 326 acres (132 ha) of water. [1] The total on base population is over 24,000 military personnel and over 10,000 civilians .
The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ( BUMED) is an agency of the United States Department of the Navy that manages health care activities for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. BUMED operates hospitals and other healthcare facilities as well as laboratories for biomedical research, and trains and manages the Navy's many ...
United States Navy Health Care. The United States Navy Health Care organization consists of more than 4,300 physicians, 1,200 dentists, 3,900 nurses, and 2,600 administrative, research and clinical specialists. These sailors work on all Navy ships, within Medical Treatment Facilities, and serve on the front lines with Marine Corps Units while ...
On 27 October 2023, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the ship would be named after Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), which is informally known as "Balboa Naval Hospital", to "honor the legacy and commitment of Navy doctors, nurses, corpsmen, and staff of Balboa Naval Hospital in caring for the needs of U.S. Service ...
San Leandro Naval Hospital (World War 2 only) Long Beach Naval Hospital (1964-1994), now Long Beach Towne Center. Naval Hospital Long Beach (1941-1950), now a VA health center. Naval Hospital Oakland (1942-1996), also known as Oak Knoll Naval Hospital. Naval Convalescent Hospital Beaumont.