French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo, Calif.). Situated roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, French Hospital Medical Center has served San Luis Obispo County for nearly 70 years. The hospital’s namesake, Dr. Edison French, claimed to be the first surgeon in San Luis Obispo to use intravenous anesthesia, the first to perform a lung resection and the first to do a collapsed lung therapy. Truven Health Analytics named French Hospital Medical Center one of its 100 Top Hospitals in 2015. Also this year, the hospital received Healthgrades’ Patient Safety Excellence Award, as well as three Healthgrades specialty excellence awards for gastrointestinal care, pulmonary care and joint replacement.
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