As the most comprehensive acute-care hospital in Chula Vista's South Bay, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center holds 449 licensed beds on Medical Center Court and delivers services ranging from cardiac care to advanced oncology. The hospital's emergency department maintains accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians for geriatric emergency care, providing a direct intake pipeline for trauma and acute cases that feeds into the co-located Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Emergency Room. Sharp HealthCare affiliated with the former Community Hospital of Chula Vista in 1989, transforming a 131-bed facility into the 449-bed campus that now includes the Ocean View Tower — the first new hospital building in San Diego's South Bay in over 40 years when it was completed in 2020. Post-surgical and orthopedic patients transition to inpatient rehabilitation programs overseen by the on-campus Sharp Chula Vista Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine team for structured recovery protocols. The seven-story Ocean View Tower houses 106 private patient rooms, six operating suites, and ten ICU bays equipped with continuous hemodynamic monitoring and bedside point-of-care testing stations.