Scripps Encinitas Opens New Lusardi Tower

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has opened the Lusardi Tower, a major expansion adding private rooms and advanced technology. - The three-story, 140,000-square-foot tower includes 36 private patient rooms, a 16-bed ICU, and a 16-bed postpartum unit.

- The project, named after a $25 million gift from the Lusardi family, increases bed capacity from 187 to 235. - A second phase will add surgical suites by 2029, with total investment exceeding $480 million.

- The hospital has maintained top safety grades and ranks No. 3 among midsize hospitals nationally.