UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center
Before I explain the topic of ambulance and emergency vehicle sirens, I would first like to describe the institutions in Hillcrest that are the foci for the sirens. The UC San Diego Health System began in 1966. The private teaching hospital is the region's only academic medical center and contains 386 hospital beds.
Scripps Mercy Hospital
The hospitals are about five blocks away from each other. This private Catholic teaching hospital was founded in 1890 and is the oldest hospital in San Diego county. The hospital has 700 beds, employs 1,300 physicians, and receives more than 2,100 trauma patients every year (Scripps: About Page).
It appears that the Scripps Mercy Hospital receives more emergency patients than UCSD Medical Center. However, I live closer to the UCSD Medical Center and encounter this hospital more often. This is not to say that the ambulance sirens are not coming from UCSDMC, but the combined noise I am hearing must be coming from both hospitals.
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