Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula

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| location = 23625 Holman Hwy., Monterey, California

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| former-names = Grace Deere Velie Metabolic Clinic

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Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) was founded in 1934 and is located at 23625 Holman Highway in Monterey, California. The hospital has 258 acute care beds and 28 skilled-nursing beds. CHOMP has 15 locations, including the main hospital, outpatient facilities, satellite laboratories, a mental health clinic, a short-term nursing facility, and business offices.

History

CHOMP was founded by Grace Deere Velie Harris (granddaughter of John Deere) and was originally called the Grace Deere Velie Metabolic Clinic. In 1929, she established an endowment to create a clinic in Monterey, California specializing in metabolic disorders.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_001778/mode/2up?q=%22Grace+Deere+Velie+Metabolic+Clinic%22|title=Stanford, Clinic May Affiliate In Research|work=The Carmel Pine Cone|date=October 25, 1929|page=1|access-date=2022-06-26}} In 1934, the hospital became a Class A, 30-bed general hospital named Peninsula Community Hospital.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_002038/mode/2up?q=%22Peninsula+Community+Hospital%22|title=New Peninsula Community Hospital Is Opened Here|work=The Carmel Pine Cone|date=October 19, 1934|page=1|access-date=2022-06-26}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104458844/peninsula-community-hospital/|title=New Peninsula Hospital Visited|work=Salinas Morning Post|place=Salinas, California|date=21 Oct 1934|page=1|access-date=2022-06-26}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_002019/mode/2up?q=%22Grace+Deere+Velie%22|title=Velie Clinic Soon To Be General Hospital|work=The Carmel Pine Cone|date=July 6, 1934|page=8|access-date=2022-06-26}}

In the late 1950s, Samuel Finley Brown Morse donated {{convert|22|acre}} in the Del Monte forest for a new 100-bed hospital building.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_003385/page/n9/mode/2up?q=%22Peninsula+Community+Hospital%22+%22100+bed%22|title=Dr. J. F. Williams Speaker At Hospital Ground Breaking|work=The Carmel Pine Cone|date=August 18, 1960|page=8|access-date=2022-06-26}} In 1961, the hospital received its current name, the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. On June 28, 1962, a new 100-bed {{convert|210000|ft|m|abbr=on}} facility costs $3.5 million ({{Inflation|US|3500000|1962|fmt=eq}}), opened adjacent to the town of Pebble Beach, designed by architect Edward Durell Stone.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104465953/100-bed/|title=Moving Day|work=The Californian|place=Salinas, California|date=28 Jun 1962|page=15|access-date=2022-06-26}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_003457/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22Edward+Durell+Stone%22|title=Briefs...|work=The Carmel Pine Cone|date=January 11, 1962|page=3|access-date=2022-06-26}} In 1971, another 72 rooms were added, and a large dome over the Fountain Court was constructed.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_003963/page/n19/mode/2up?q=%22Community+Hospital%22+%22rooms%22|title=During The Dedication|work=The Carmel Pine Cone|date=September 30, 1971|page=20|access-date=2022-06-26}} In 1982, the former Eskaton Monterey Hospital was acquired.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104467454/eskaton-monterey-hospital/|title=CHOMP, Eskaton Hospital officials negotiate sale|work=The Californian|place=Salinas, California|date=12 May 1982|page=2|access-date=2022-06-26}}

Additional expansions were undertaken in the 1980s and 1990s, including the completion of an outpatient surgery center. Other additions included a Family Birth Center and the construction of other labs and facilities elsewhere in the Monterey area. A three-story underground parking area with space for 316 cars was completed in 2003 under the main entrance of the hospital. In 2002, Community Hospital's new Breast Care Center began operating on Cass Street in Monterey. Outpatient services, including a Sleep Center, outpatient nutrition, radiology, laboratory, and physician offices at the Ryan Ranch campus, opened in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.montagehealth.org/about/history/|title=History|work= www.montagehealth.org |access-date=2022-06-26}}

Much of the hospital has been furnished in accordance with feng shui, a traditional Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space intended to achieve harmony with the environment.

The hospital offers a variety of treatments and specialties, including:

References

External links

[http://www.chomp.org Official site]
[http://gis.oshpd.ca.gov/atlas/places/facility/106270744 This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas] A project by OSHPD

Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1934

Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1962

Category:Hospital buildings completed in 2004

Category:Buildings and structures in Monterey, California

Category:Hospitals in Monterey County, California

Category:1934 establishments in California