Hospital breaks ground for addition

Excitement was in the air January 27 when executives at Fallbrook Hospital held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new 3,200-square-foot addition that will provide an endoscopy center and renovated surgery suites to support contemporary technology for improved patient care at the local healthcare facility.

Expected to be an $8.5 million project, the addition will be the first since 1985 for the hospital. Since it was built, in 1959, the hospital has had only two additions — one in 1969 when the medical/surgical unit was added and in 1984-85 when the women’s center and outpatient center was cons...