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Sacred Heart Hospital is the setting of the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 comedy-drama
Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also called dramedy, dramatic comedy, or seriocomedy, is a style of television and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content....
 Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning American comedy-drama that premiered on October 2, 2001, on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence and is produced by ABC Studios ....
. The set of Sacred Heart is in the former North Hollywood Medical Center
North Hollywood Medical Center

North Hollywood Medical Center is a now closed hospital in the city of North Hollywood, California. It is located at 12699 Riverside Drive in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles....
 , a real decommissioned hospital at 12629 Riverside Drive in North Hollywood
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California....
, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Besides providing the set for Sacred Heart, the hospital also houses many other Scrubs sets (such as the apartments of J.D.
John Dorian

Jonathan Michael "J.D." Dorian, Doctor of Medicine, is a fictional character on the American comedy-drama Scrubs , played by Zach Braff. For his portrayal of the doctor, Braff was nominated for a 2005 Emmy Award and received three consecutive Golden Globe nominations in 2005, 2006 and 2007....
 and Dr. Cox, and the bar), the offices of many of the Scrubs crew, and post-production facilities (such as the voice-over studio and editing suite).






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Sacred Heart Hospital is the setting of the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 comedy-drama
Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also called dramedy, dramatic comedy, or seriocomedy, is a style of television and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content....
 Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning American comedy-drama that premiered on October 2, 2001, on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence and is produced by ABC Studios ....
. The set of Sacred Heart is in the former North Hollywood Medical Center
North Hollywood Medical Center

North Hollywood Medical Center is a now closed hospital in the city of North Hollywood, California. It is located at 12699 Riverside Drive in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles....
 , a real decommissioned hospital at 12629 Riverside Drive in North Hollywood
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California....
, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Besides providing the set for Sacred Heart, the hospital also houses many other Scrubs sets (such as the apartments of J.D.
John Dorian

Jonathan Michael "J.D." Dorian, Doctor of Medicine, is a fictional character on the American comedy-drama Scrubs , played by Zach Braff. For his portrayal of the doctor, Braff was nominated for a 2005 Emmy Award and received three consecutive Golden Globe nominations in 2005, 2006 and 2007....
 and Dr. Cox, and the bar), the offices of many of the Scrubs crew, and post-production facilities (such as the voice-over studio and editing suite). Since 2007, the TV series Diagnosis X
Diagnosis X

Diagnosis X is a television program on the channel TLC and Discovery Health. The original airdate is July 25 2007. The series mixes regular actors with actual physicians, illustrating difficult to diagnose medical cases based on real life situations....
 is also filmed in the building; the Sacred Heart Hospital rear entrance ramp, differently dressed, can be seen in several episodes. It is also the hospital used in the popular television series, "Desperate Housewives."

Overview

Sacred Heart is an inner city
Inner city

The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis. In the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, the term is often applied to the poorer parts of the city centre and is sometimes used as a euphemism with the connotation of being an area, perhaps a ghetto or slum, where residents are less educated and mor...
 teaching hospital
Teaching hospital

A teaching hospital is a hospital that in addition to delivering medical care to patients also provides clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals....
. During the run of the series, it is run by Chief of Medicine
Internal medicine

Internal Medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, management and nonsurgical treatment of unusual or serious diseases. In North America, specialists in internal medicine are commonly called, "Internists." Elsewhere, especially in Commonwealth of Nations nations, such specialists are often called Physicians....
 Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso
Bob Kelso

Robert "Bob" Kelso, M.D. is a fictional character played by Ken Jenkins in the American comedy Scrubs ....
 until his retirement towards the end of Season 7. The new Chief of Medicine
Internal medicine

Internal Medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, management and nonsurgical treatment of unusual or serious diseases. In North America, specialists in internal medicine are commonly called, "Internists." Elsewhere, especially in Commonwealth of Nations nations, such specialists are often called Physicians....
 is Dr. Percival "Perry" Cox.

The hospital is owned by a pharmaceutical company run by Whitaker Chambers, whose son once worked at Sacred Heart as a medical student. Board members and benefactors include Jordan Sullivan
Jordan Sullivan

Jordan Sullivan is a fictional character on the NBC/American Broadcasting Company TV series Scrubs . She is portrayed by Christa Miller....
, Mr. Summers, Mr. Franks, Mrs. Warner, and Mr. Zerbo.

Staff at the hospital are mostly of the opinion that it is a very good quality institution. Dr. Kelso once said that he thinks that people choose to be treated there because they see Sacred Heart doctors as professionals, but also because he leaks vicious rumors about competing hospitals to the press. Dr. John "J.D." Dorian once remarked that "Here at Sacred Heart, you get to work with some of the finest doctors in the country." However, this is contrasted numerous times by people referring to it as a "hell-hole", a "dump", or, a " monster which feeds on [their] social lives". Dr. Perry Cox was once named as the finest physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
 in the city by a local magazine. The hospital's employees have gained the attention of the press on several other occasions too, most notably when J.D. and Dr. Chris Turk
Christopher Turk

Christopher "Chris" Duncan Turk, M.D. is a fictional character played by Donald Faison on the American comedy-drama Scrubs ....
 resuscitated a local news cameraman
Video journalism

Video journalism is a form of broadcast journalism, where the production of video content in which the journalist shoots, edits and often presents his or her own material....
 and were dubbed as heroes ("My Fifteen Minutes") and when Turk performed a ground-breaking surgery using hypnosis
Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a mental state or set of attitudes usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a series of preliminary instructions and suggestions....
 instead of traditional anesthesia
Anesthesia

Anesthesia, or anaesthesia , has traditionally meant the condition of having sensation blocked or temporarily taken away. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience....
 ("My Day at the Races"). Sacred Heart is also home to Chet, the world's tallest doctor ("My Clean Break")

This hospital is also used in the movie "The One" with Jet Li in 2001.

Location


The locale of Sacred Heart within the fictional world of Scrubs is never revealed on-screen. Cast and crew of the show describe the setting as "San DiFrangeles" – a portmanteau of San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 that is meant to encompass a large part of California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes

Judy Reyes is an United States actress of Dominican Republic descent. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse Carla Espinosa on the NBC comedy Scrubs from 2001?present....
 says, "We were really trying to make it like Anywhere, USA, and I think as the years passed we kind of like gave up on that idea. In some shots you see palm trees."