A nurse takes the vital signs of a woman in a medical tent outside the hospital on Catalina on March 16, 2020. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) A health insurer serving low-income Southern ...

Catalina Island Medical Center is located in Avalon and has 12 licensed beds. Catalina Island’s only hospital, which has for years battled financial troubles, has received a temporary lifeline.

Catalina Island Health, the only hospital and health care facility on the island, has faced many challenges over the past year. A shortage of supplemental funding has placed its future at risk. "There ...

Catalina Island Medical Center is getting a new chief executive, who will then usher in a planned $220 million revamp of the facility. Catalina Island Health, the nonprofit that runs the 12-bed ...

A million dollars — a record-breaker! Auctioneer extraordinaire Zack Krone enthusiastically coaxed 200 people to give $1.1 million to support the Catalina Island Health Foundation’s construction of a ...

A health insurer serving low-income Southern Californians has awarded Catalina Island’s only hospital a $2-million grant, which is expected to keep Catalina Island Health open for the time being. But ...

4:12 p.m. April 12, 2024: A previous version of this article said a $2 tax on visitors to Catalina is being collected to build a new $60-million hospital. According to a current estimate, the hospital ...