September 26, 2024- 100 years ago, philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps opened the doors at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, establishing the region’s oldest health system. Scripps Health leaders and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria commemorated the 100th anniversary of the hospital’s founding outside Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, according to The Times of San Diego. Scripps, part of a media mogul family, was recuperating from a broken hip in 1922 when she learned of the need for a modern medical facility in La Jolla.
With her funding, the hospital was opened on Prospect Street on Sept. 17, 1924. On Dec. 11 that same year, the Scripps Metabolic Clinic opened next door – intended for patients with chronic metabolic diseases such as anemia and diabetes.
The growing city necessitated the move to the hospital’s current location on Genesee Avenue in 1964. In 1977, the metabolic clinic was renamed Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation and relocated to its current location on Torrey Pines Mesa. Scripps now employs 17,000 at its five acute-care hospital campuses and 30 outpatient centers and clinics, as well as its range of specialty care facilities.