UCSD Medicel Center provides the following patient services:
During your hospital stay, enjoy the following:
- Books
- Magazines
- Crafts
- Puzzles
- Games
- Video and music lending library (at the request of your nurse)
Volunteer Services will be happy to deliver these items to your room. Call (619) 543-6370 for more information. [Back To Top]
The Ethics Consultation Team is a group of UCSD professionals available to provide consultation and advice to patients and families facing difficult ethical decisions such as those surrounding terminal care.
On your request, your doctor or nurse can tell you how to contact this team.
Discussions of all patient issues are treated with sensitivity and confidentiality. [Back To Top]
UCSD Medical Center ensures access to interpreter services, including:
- Trained interpreters
- Language Line Services
- Deaf Community Services
- Network Interpreting
Our medical staff may access these resources for language interpretation. [Back To Top]
Lost and found items are turned in to the Security Services Office.
To contact the Security Services Office, call:
- UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest -- (619) 543-3762
- UCSD Thornton Hospital, La Jolla -- (858) 657-6420
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A UCSD Mail Services staff member delivers mail daily to hospitalized patients.
It is important to have all deliveries properly addressed with the following:
- Your complete first and last name
- Hospital
- Room number (if available)
Please note that flowers may not be allowed in some intensive care units. [Back To Top]
Nutrition Services provides patient meals, guest meals, and nutritional counseling.
For questions about your meal services, please call the Support Services Call Center at (619) 543-2255. [Back To Top]