Plan Could Lead to MLK’s Reopening

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A tentative agreement has been reached to reopen the emergency room and other inpatient services at Martin Luther King-Harbor Medical Center by 2012, a move that would dramatically improve access to care in one of the most underserved areas of the country, according to state and county officials.

Under the plan, the hospital would be operated by a newly founded nonprofit entity governed by a board equally controlled by Los Angeles County and the University of California. The county would pay all the costs and the university would assume no financial risk, but would instead provide physician services and take primary responsibility for restoring confidence in the facility’s standards for patient care.

Inpatient services have been closed since August 2007 after federal regulators determined that it failed to meet minimum standards for patient care, including errors involved in multiple deaths.




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