Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. Late one night, as an overnight nurse was preparing for bed, she heard a soft voice over the intercom: ‘Please bring me some aspirin… and maybe a cookie?’ No one else seemed to notice it, but from that day on, every midnight, someone would ask for cookies and medicine simultaneously. Soon enough, everyone in the ward knew about the midnight visitor. One evening, a delivery driver joked, 'I'll bring cookies next time!' The next midnight request included, 'And could you please leave the door unlocked?' Turns out, it was just an enthusiastic patient who loved snacks.

2. In the early morning hours, a young doctor on her first night shift noticed something peculiar. As she walked down the hall, a small hospital pigeon landed on her shoulder and cocked its head curiously. The bird seemed to understand every word she said, nodding along as if it were giving medical advice. By the time she reached the nurses’ station, the whole staff was laughing so hard they had to call in reinforcements from another ward. The next day, everyone joked that maybe Kaiser Permanente should hire pigeons for their bedside manner.

3. Late one night, an exhausted delivery driver muttered under his breath, ‘Why does every box of supplies feel heavier than the last?’ Suddenly, he swore he saw a shadowy figure darting between the corridors. As he peered around, the figure vanished into thin air. Confused and amused, the driver realized it was just another late-night janitor with a penchant for dramatic exits. The next morning, everyone laughed when they heard his story—except maybe Kaiser’s cleaning crew.

4. Late one night, as a janitor was mopping the hallway, he overheard someone whispering: "I thought I left my lunch here last week." Curious, he followed the voice and found it coming from behind a closed door. Curiously opening the door, he saw only an old lunchbox with a sandwich half-eaten inside. Just then, a delivery driver walked in, muttering, ‘Finally found it!’ Turns out, everyone had forgotten that the lunch belonged to him. The janitor laughed, thinking, ‘Next time I'll clean faster—maybe I’ll catch another lost item!’