5/22/1998
Landmark information
- Location:
Next to post office, Ragsdale Rd, Desert Center - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/22/1998 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/22/1998 - GPS Coordinates:
N 33 39.663, W 115 43.306
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Site of Contractors General Hospital
In 1933, Dr. Sidney R. Garfield opened Contractors General Hospital six miles west of here. His modest facility successfully delivered health care to Colorado River Aqueduct workers through a prepaid insurance plan. Later, in association with industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, Dr. Garfield applied the lessons he first learned at the hospital to create his enduring legacy: Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest nonprofit prepaid health care program.
Note
Plaque has been relocated to Chiriaco Summit