The UCLA Health System dedicated its new $572 million Santa Monica, Calif., campus on Sept. 9.(Projects) - H&HN Hospitals & Health Networks

The UCLA Health System dedicated its new $572 million Santa Monica, Calif., campus on Sept. 9. The campus features the UCLA Medical Center. Santa Monica; a branch of Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA; the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital; and the UCLA Rape Treatment Center. The buildings will open for patient care in early 2012. The rebuilding project was launched in response to damage caused by the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The hospital was built to meet the latest seismic safety standards and can withstand an earthquake of up to magnitude 8.4, while redundant power sources will allow the hospital to operate for at least 100 hours following an earthquake without receiving any help from outside.