SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI)-- The staff at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa celebrated the hospital's 70th anniversary by gathering together to form a massive figure "70" on top of the hospital's helicopter pad.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital originally opened Aug. 15, 1955, with just 110 beds in the facility. Since then, it has more than quadrupled its size, housing 562 beds and providing care for more than 500,000 people throughout East County.

Over the last few years, the hospital has unveiled several state-of-the-art facilities, including the Burr Heart and Vascular Center and the Sharp Grossmont Hospital for Neuroscience, which opened last spring.

“It was inspiring to see more than 130 team members unite for this important milestone event at Sharp Grossmont Hospital," Bruce Hartman, direct

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