Tag: Hoag Hospital

$1 Billion Expansion to Irvine Hoag Hospital Underway

Construction has begun on a $1 billion expansion of Hoag Hospital in Irvine, which will add two hospitals specializing in women’s health, digestive illnesses, and cancer. “Having a hospital provide services for complex issues, here locally, is beneficial for everyone,” Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan told The Epoch Times. The new facilities will be named the…


Family’s Decades of Donations to Hoag Hospital Reaches $134 Million After Recent Gift

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has received a $106 million donation—the largest in its 70-year history—which will help fund research, expansion, and treatment capabilities. Officials announced Sept. 15 that the donation will boost the hospital’s growth, after Hoag became independent of Providence Health in January 2022 after a 10-year affiliation. According to Robert Braithwaite, president and chief…


Surgery by Free Clinic in Orange Helps Man Overcome Epilepsy

ORANGE, Calif.—Twenty years ago, Israel Zuniga, 39, was asleep in bed when he experienced an event that would change his life forever: his first seizure. “I was sleeping one night and when I woke up, I was on my bedroom floor surrounded by paramedics,” Zuniga said. “My brother was sleeping next to me. He was…