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Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) is a United States Navy hospital in San Diego, California.It is also known as Bob Wilson Naval Hospital and informally referred to as "Balboa Hospital", and "The Pink Palace", due to the stucco of the first buildings that were constructed being pinkish in color.
The first naval hospital in the area was called U.S. Naval Hospital, Santa Margarita, California. It was established in 1943 on Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores, near Lake O'Neill, to care for the sick and wounded during World War II. It was built quickly, initially with temporary wood-frame buildings on 252 acres. By 1945 it had expanded ...
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 ...
In 1998, Díaz was assigned as Commander of the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, [4] becoming its first Hispanic Commander as well as Lead Agent TRICARE Region Nine. As Commander of the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), he was in charge with providing leadership and management of the command, planning, directing and administering the ...
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; Naval Convalescent Hospital Arrowhead Springs; Alameda ...
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The U.S. Navy also operates two Hospital Ships, the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort. These floating full-service hospitals are stationed on the east and west coasts of the United States, respectively, and are deployed to provide emergency care to U.S. combat forces as well as to support U.S. disaster relief and humanitarian operations worldwide.