Those who were around at the time in the LA area will recall
the scandals surrounding medical care at the Martin Luther King hospital run then by
LA County. The hospital closed as a result in 2007, attracting national attention.*
There was thereafter discussion of
reopening the hospital somehow under the auspices of UC and UCLA. My
recollection was that the Regents were not keen to get heavily involved or
being exposed to liability but some kind of deal was arranged. The hospital
reopened today and there is this rather vague statement on its website:
The County of Los
Angeles provided the funding necessary to build and furnish the hospital. The
County is also committed to helping with the cost of providing care to
uninsured and underinsured patients. The University of California (UC) health
care system, through its UCLA campus, plays a leadership role in providing some
of the medical and clinical staff, and in developing high quality standards for
patient care.
Local news coverage of the reopening doesn’t get into the UC
or UCLA connection:
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