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WestSide Comunity
Ambulance
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Westside Community Healthcare District
About West Side Community
West Side Community Hospital, a small, rural general acute care hospital, originally opened in 1937 as a private enterprise. In 1956, the hospital closed due to financial problems. Residents of the community were concerned regarding the lack of emergency and medical care facilities in the immediate area and, as a result, formed a community group to pursue the establishment of a Hospital District to purchase and reopen the hospital.
The matter was brought to the voters of the proposed District for approval in early 1957. The proposal received an overwhelming vote of approval and a board of five members from the designated Hospital District was appointed by the Boards of Supervisors of Merced and Stanislaus counties. West side Community Hospital was purchased by the West Side Community Hospital District and opened on November 18, 1957.
