The decision to build the new San Marcos hospital was driven in part by the rapid growth of Kaiser’s membership in North County. Modeled in its design after the San Diego Medical Center, the seven-story San Marcos hospital has eight operating rooms, an emergency room, an intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, a maternity care section, and 204 parking spaces. Services offered at the new hospital include infectious disease treatment, cardiology, general surgery, and orthopedics. A landscaped courtyard separates the new hospital from the existing medical center.