Seton Medical Center sits in Daly City, California, and has a long, busy history that stretches back to 1893 when the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul created it under the name Mary's Help Hospital, and though the original building was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the hospital was rebuilt and kept growing, later getting its current name in 1983 to honor Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, and these days, the facility has 398 beds and offers many kinds of medical and community services you don't see everywhere in one spot. Seton Medical Center has gone through several ownership and management changes, being part of Catholic Healthcare West for a while, later joining the Daughters of Charity Health System until 2015, and after bankruptcy, AHMC Healthcare took over in 2020, so it's had its share of change over the years, which hasn't stopped it from being Daly City's largest employer and a place with a strong tradition of patient care that's focused on real needs instead of flash.
People coming here can get hospital care, emergency services, and urgent care, with a big ER and Hospital Tower, and if you head down the coast, you'll find their sister spot, Seton Coastside, which has a 24-hour standby Emergency Department and a 116-bed skilled nursing facility, and the main campus itself has 357 beds, advanced medical technology, and specialty units like a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), maternal and newborn care, labor and delivery, diagnostic laboratories, surgical services, diagnostic imaging, and even comprehensive cancer care. For those needing help with memory or mood, Seton provides geriatric behavioral health services and emergency psychiatric care, plus wound care and physical therapy in their rehabilitation units, so many types of help are covered.
Seton offers a wide range of specialties; some of them include Allergy & Immunology, Sleep Medicine, Family Medicine, Endocrinology, and major heart care services through its Centers of Excellence that focus on certain medical practices with extra attention, plus you can find outpatient clinics for more day-to-day needs and support. The hospital provides patient portals, resource services about financial help or advance directives, and easy admission for both patients and visitors, which takes some stress out of the process, and there's specialized care for seniors, from aging services to programs like Great Plates Delivered and health insurance navigation, so seniors don't have to do everything alone.
You can turn to Seton Medical Center if you need career transition resources, benefit help, unemployment help, or special services for veterans, and for younger people, there are educational programs, youth jobs, and even youth resource hubs to help them get started. The facility also helps you with many practical things such as getting copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates, public records, property tax history, and it lets you handle business and zoning matters, apply for permits or marriage licenses, and even register to vote or get your pet license sorted, and this kind of thing means people can get a lot done in one place. They have a platform called SM C Connect for community services, which adds another set of ways for people to find help nearby.
The staff must be kept in mind, as Seton gives them medical, dental, and vision plans, life and AD&D insurance, 401K match, flexible spending accounts, long and short-term disability benefits, and the Employee Assistance Program, so workers have support, which often leads to better patient care. The campus itself features farmers' markets, standard charges outlined for everyone to see, and they help people pay bills like utilities, property taxes, or even parking and traffic tickets, plus you can check child support status, jury duty, and more. People can report issues too-like crime, elder abuse, housing problems, or sanitation complaints-so things don't get ignored. There are even public library services and COVID-19 information resources right on-site.
Seton Medical Center keeps a Medical Advisory Board involved in research and selection, providing a backbone of real experience, and for both inpatient and outpatient needs, the facility gives comprehensive services, from surgery to skilled nursing, and includes care for chronic and acute illness. With its patient-centered focus, regular updates, and wide services, Seton has managed to serve the local area for a long time, facing plenty of changes while still opening its doors to new patients and community members.
