The foundation is laid at the site of a future hospital in Temecula.
Crews will start building the skeleton for the building this month, Public Works Director Greg Butler told the Californian.
After half a decade of false starts and blown deadlines, the gave Universal Health Services, the company building the hospital, a deadline during a heated meeting: have the hospital's foundation poured by February, 2012, or pay a $5 million penalty.
To read about what happened at the meeting,
that the facility would ever be built, but it broke ground in June. To read about the groundbreaking, .
Some city officials fumed during the meeting because Murrieta officials were able to conceive plans with Loma Linda University for a hospital and build the facility while Temecula was grappling with Universal Health Services.
To see a video of Loma Linda's opening,
1st rule of thumb, do NOT put all your eggs in one basket, or is that ducks? Ie 3 Universal Hospitals in the same area, within 5 miles of each other?
I agree, VICKI and BRENDA, my experiences with Scripps, Sharp, and UCSD medical have left me in awe of their work along with many of those who volunteer and support them (60 miles away). Where do I sign up to help build this facility??
As far as attracting better physicians, you will see the usual suspects getting on staff. Check out who is on staff at Loma Linda Murrieta-same people who are staff at Rancho and Inland Valley.
I'm thankful for Murrieta Councilman, Rick Gibbs and many others who were instrumental in getting Loma Linda open in record time. I'm not sure when the Temecula City Council discovered the truth that Universal being mismanaged and imposed phased penalties for not completing (or starting) the hospital, but better late then never. Scripps is wonderful and in hindsight I imagine the council would have sought them years ago.