Five Years Ago on This Date – There Was Great Anticipation!

The featured image is of the groundbreaking ceremony with the iconic cloverleaf towers of the Medical Center in the background. Those in attendance had no reference point, other than the artist rendering, by which to gauge how the new project would dwarf the existing hospitals.

On Sunday, May 22, 2016, under azure skies, approximately 3,000 people gathered at the east end of the project site to witness the groundbreaking for the new Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) adult hospital and expanded Children’s Hospital. During the ceremony, Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, president LLUH, announced that the new medical complex would be named after Dennis and Carol Troesh who had donated $100 million toward the project. Kerry Heinrich, CEO, LLU Medical Center noted that when completed the 16 story adult hospital would be the tallest building in San Bernardino County. But more importantly, Heinrich said, the hospitals “will stand as a beacon of hope for all of us, and especially those who are facing their darkest hour.”