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Welcome to Spiritual Services at Desert Regional Medical Center. We are here to meet the spiritual needs of patients, their supporters, staff and volunteers. A Volunteer Chaplain who is specially trained for ministry in a hospital setting, is available to our patients and their family 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your own priest, rabbi or minister is always welcome at Desert Regional Medical Center and may utilize the assistance and support of our hospital Chaplain.
Patients can request a Chaplain or arrange a visit from their own clergy by asking their nurse or calling Spiritual Services at extension 6165. If calling from outside the hospital, that direct number is (760) 323-6165. If you cannot reach anyone in the department, please call the hospital operator, dial ‘0’ or (760) 323-6511.
Services and Support provided:
To Patient
- Visitation/Spiritual Counseling
- Pre/post-surgical visits
To Family/Friends
- Hospitality/Orientation to campus
- Ethics counsel
- Grief counsel
- Bereavement Care
- Interpreters available
To Clergy & Congregations
- Church/Synagogue notification
- Liaison with out-of-town patients/clergy
To Staff
- Disaster support community outreach
- Critical Incident Stress debriefings
Sacraments/Ordinances
- Reconciliation
- Communion
- Emergency Baptism/Baby Dedications
- Anointing the sick
- Funeral/Memorial
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