Hawaiian Gardens Hospital Seeks To Hire 100 As Part Of Reopening As COVID Treatment Center

HAWAIIAN GARDENS, Calif. (KABC) – A previously closed hospital in Hawaiian Gardens hosted a recruiting event on Saturday morning, following a recent reopening as a COVID-19 treatment center.

The 137-bed Pacific Gardens Medical Center is looking to hire 100 nurses and other skilled and unskilled employees, including food service workers and janitors.

Newly hired employees will help staff the facility’s emergency room, intensive care unit and coronavirus treatment unit.

The hospital must also fill positions in its pharmacy, surgery and radiology departments, officials said.

Marilyn Evans of Pasadena hopes to be among those who will be hired. Recently, she has worked with COVID-19 patients.

“They are alone there, we are constantly either in Facetiming with the families, or on the phone with the families, it makes things a little difficult but that’s what we do, give them a kind of hope and their say, keep pushing on, ”she said.

The medical center, which closed in 2017 after financial difficulties, reopened earlier this week as part of the effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the surrounding community. The new owners of the hospital spent more than $ 20 million on the renovation.

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“It’s a colossal undertaking,” said David Diamond, a spokesperson for the facility. “It takes all of our support staff. In this building are heroes. These are people who have given up a lot of their personal lives for something they feel is extremely important to the community.”

The facility hopes to be fully staffed by mid-April. Evans knows this opportunity for her can also help a struggling community.

“There is a demand and I meet them every day. I just pray that I stay healthy so I can go to work,” Evans said.

Saturday’s career fair ended, but more applications were due to be accepted Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pacific Gardens Medical Center, 21530 South Pioneer Boulevard in Hawaiian Gardens.