With three major hospitals and plenty of physicians and specialists within the community, Victor Valley residents know they’ve got the best health care right around the corner.

Desert Valley Hospital

At Desert Valley Hospital, a $35 million expansion and upgrade has added new patient rooms as well as two catheterization labs, two operating suites, an open-heart surgery suite, cardiac nuclear camera and a new digital-radiology system. The hospital, which opened in 1994, also added educational and conference rooms and a chapel.

DVH also continues to receive awards and recognition from such groups as the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists for its laboratories, as well as the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals Awards, the HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award and the Premier CareScience Select Practice National Quality Award.

St. Mary Medical Center

St. Mary Medical Center also is staying at the forefront of new treatments and technologies. In addition to offering pediatric care, open-heart surgery, midwifery, diabetes services and education, and a robotic-surgery program, St. Mary also has the first local wound-care center in the High Desert equipped to perform hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

The medical center also has added a chest pain emergency center, robotic surgery program and outpatient surgery center and is in the process of building a new, 100-acre campus and 112-bed facility.

Victor Valley Community Hospital

At Victor Valley Community Hospital, the focus continues to be on providing a wide range of health-care services, including the Women's Health Center, a comprehensive site for women’s health and services, and upgrades to every department. In addition to a new nuclear camera and upgraded MRI machine, the hospital is expanding its neonatal intensive care unit and is creating a new Orthopedic Center of Excellence.

Choice Medical Group

High Desert residents also benefit from the primary- and specialty-care physicians at Choice Medical Group, whose 45-plus board-certified physicians and 150 specialists take care of a service area that includes Apple Valley, Victorville, Hesperia, Oak Hills, Phelan, Pinon Hills, Barstow, Adelanto and the surrounding communities.