Fourteen L.A. County hospitals with emergency rooms have closed since 1998:
FACILITY
LOCATION YEAR CLOSED
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Century City Doctors Hospital
Century City 2008
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Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital
Willowbrook 2007
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Centinela Freeman Medical Center-Memorial Campus
Inglewood 2006
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Suburban Medical Center
Paramount 2005
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Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center
Hawthorne 2004
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Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Sherman Way Campus
Van Nuys 2004
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ELAStar Community Hospital
Los Angeles 2004
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Santa Teresita Hospital
Duarte 2004
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Granada Hills Community Hospital
Granada Hills 2003
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St. Luke Medical Center
Pasadena 2002
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Long Beach Community Hospital
Long Beach 2000
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Bay Harbor Hospital
Harbor City 1999
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Medical Center of North Hollywood
North Hollywood 1998
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South Bay Hospital
Redondo Beach 1998
Source: LABJ research; L.A. County Department of Health Services