Promise made, promises kept at Hemet Global Medical Center

When I arrived in Hemet as a young orthopedic surgeon more than three decades ago, I could not have imagined the journey that lay ahead. Hemet quickly became my home – both professionally and personally. And when Hemet’s only hospital was teetering on the edge of financial collapse, I knew I had to act.

At that time, the hospital was operating on the brink of bankruptcy – and in fact later went bankrupt – leaving its future uncertain and its doors at risk of closing. I made it my personal mission to intervene. Together with dedicated physicians and community members, we acquired the facility, stabilized its operations and began a turnaround that continues to this day, with the hospital remaining open for almost 15 years since it had been all but written off.

Today, it is with profound pr