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Troubled Hospital Leaves Past Behind, Reopens in South L.A.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015   

LOS ANGELES - One of the poorest areas of South Los Angeles got a gleaming new 131-bed hospital Tuesday. Martin Luther King Junior Community Hospital opened its doors, seven years after its troubled predecessor, nicknamed "Killer King," was forced to shut down when the federal government pulled all funding for the facility amid criticism about conditions and staff errors.

Anthony Wright, executive director of the consumer advocacy group Health Access, says he's glad the place is getting a fresh start.

"Folks are feeling good that the institution is now reopening under new management," says Wright. "With new safeguards, rebuilt with the new, state-of-the-art technology and facilities."

He says the hospital also has been reorganized to focus on preventive care, instead of its former focus on triage and emergency-room care.

The new hospital includes an urgent-care center for psychiatric cases, an outpatient clinic and a public health clinic that will offer services like immunizations and testing for sexually-transmitted diseases. Wright also praises the facility's new forward-thinking philosophy.

"Having a local facility in south central Los Angeles focused on not just when people show up at the hospital but before they show up, that helps provide a focus for improved health in that community," says Wright.

The old hospital, which opened in 1972, was run by Los Angeles County. The new facility is managed by a special board dedicated solely to MLK Junior Community Hospital.


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