New Stanford hospital opens doors to patients

Updated November 17, 2019 11:08am PST

New Stanford Hospital opens

KTVU's Sara Zendehnam reports on the opening of the long-awaited, new Stanford Hospital. The first patients is transferred from the old building into the new facility.

STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford Health Care opened its doors to its new Stanford Hospital on Sunday, starting with an unveiling of an emergency department early Sunday and the transition of patients into the brand-new facility.

The first patient was moved into the new building at 9:30 a.m., escorted by Stanford Health Care CEO David Entwistle during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Staff will spend most of Sunday transferring patients from the old building.

Stanford Health Care is a part of Stanford Medicine.