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The idea for a medical center in Northridge actually dates back to the late 1940s, when Dr. Frederick Gruneck conceived of the hospital.

Long before groundbreaking, the Northridge Hospital Development Association had carefully plotted out precisely what was to be included in the $ 30 million program for construction of Northridge Hospital and Medical Center.

This master plan, initiated in 1955, started out as a 49-bed facility with a one-room emergency room.