Major Announcement Coming on MLK Hospital
At about 4:45 p.m., Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas will visit MLK Hospital, located at 12021 Wilmington Ave., to brief media and answer questions about the latest developments.
LOS ANGELES – Wednesday, March 11, 2009 – The L.A. County Board of Supervisors today announced the County of Los Angeles has made considerable progress on a proposed plan, involving the University of California (UC) and State of California, that would lead to the eventual opening of a new Martin Luther King, Jr., Hospital in Willowbrook in late 2012.
Over eight months ago, the Board of Supervisors directed L.A. County CEO William T Fujioka to enter into discussions and negotiations with UC and state officials to pursue the possibility of creating a new hospital that would serve residents of South Los Angeles.
Discussions with top officials from the State and UC – from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to UC President Mark G. Yudof to their respective appointees and senior staff – have led to a series of new and positive developments. Everyone involved contributed their best thinking to come up with a proposed County-UC-State framework that, if executed successfully, would lead to the opening of a new, seismically safe 120-bed Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital.
The concept that has been discussed for a new MLK Hospital is a creative solution. If all the necessary local and state approvals can be obtained, the new MLK Hospital would be opened as a privately-owned and operated, independent, nonprofit hospital corporation.
The nonprofit corporation would have an appointed governing board. This new nonprofit hospital Board of Directors would be vested with full authority and accountability.
L.A. County would provide ongoing financial support to the new MLK Hospital to ensure its long-term viability. As proposed, UC would enter into a contractual agreement with the new non-profit entity to establish standards regarding quality assurance and to provide physician services.
Through these arrangements, UC would have a direct and substantial role in assuring that high quality standards for patient care are established and maintained. As planned, hospital staff would be hired and employed by the new non-profit entity.
The proposed new MLK Hospital would have an emergency room and all health services provided at the hospital would be integrated and coordinated with services provided by L.A. County at the hospital’s MLK Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK MACC) and at Hubert H. Humphrey Comprehensive Care Center located nearby.
The new MLK Hospital would be a private nonprofit hospital. It would be independent of the county. It would provide first-rate health care. This is a significant positive development for the county and the people of the South Los Angeles community.
Hospital services would be located in the new seismically-compliant patient tower at the MLK site. The County would make substantial capital investments to build out the patient tower, and construct a MACC and ancillary services building which would include an emergency department.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors will review and consider the new MLK Hospital proposal shortly. The proposal will be presented to the UC Board of Regents for its review and consideration when it convenes for meetings later this month.
LOS ANGELES – Wednesday, March 11, 2009 – The L.A. County Board of Supervisors today announced the County of Los Angeles has made considerable progress on a proposed plan, involving the University of California (UC) and State of California, that would lead to the eventual opening of a new Martin Luther King, Jr., Hospital in Willowbrook in late 2012.
Over eight months ago, the Board of Supervisors directed L.A. County CEO William T Fujioka to enter into discussions and negotiations with UC and state officials to pursue the possibility of creating a new hospital that would serve residents of South Los Angeles.
Discussions with top officials from the State and UC – from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to UC President Mark G. Yudof to their respective appointees and senior staff – have led to a series of new and positive developments. Everyone involved contributed their best thinking to come up with a proposed County-UC-State framework that, if executed successfully, would lead to the opening of a new, seismically safe 120-bed Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital.
The concept that has been discussed for a new MLK Hospital is a creative solution. If all the necessary local and state approvals can be obtained, the new MLK Hospital would be opened as a privately-owned and operated, independent, nonprofit hospital corporation.
The nonprofit corporation would have an appointed governing board. This new nonprofit hospital Board of Directors would be vested with full authority and accountability.
L.A. County would provide ongoing financial support to the new MLK Hospital to ensure its long-term viability. As proposed, UC would enter into a contractual agreement with the new non-profit entity to establish standards regarding quality assurance and to provide physician services.
Through these arrangements, UC would have a direct and substantial role in assuring that high quality standards for patient care are established and maintained. As planned, hospital staff would be hired and employed by the new non-profit entity.
The proposed new MLK Hospital would have an emergency room and all health services provided at the hospital would be integrated and coordinated with services provided by L.A. County at the hospital’s MLK Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK MACC) and at Hubert H. Humphrey Comprehensive Care Center located nearby.
The new MLK Hospital would be a private nonprofit hospital. It would be independent of the county. It would provide first-rate health care. This is a significant positive development for the county and the people of the South Los Angeles community.
Hospital services would be located in the new seismically-compliant patient tower at the MLK site. The County would make substantial capital investments to build out the patient tower, and construct a MACC and ancillary services building which would include an emergency department.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors will review and consider the new MLK Hospital proposal shortly. The proposal will be presented to the UC Board of Regents for its review and consideration when it convenes for meetings later this month.
Labels: Mark Ridley Thomas, MLK Hospital
Posted by Michael Higby @ 3/11/2009 04:16:00 PM
7 Comments:
Martin-Luther-King-Junior-Boulevard Hospital should be reserved for "wounded" gangbangers only where they can mercifully "bleed out" and die.
Wow what a bitchy thing to say. That makes me wish you could just go hang out at your local Home Depot. You really are an old hag and don't just look like one.
Do you seriously think there aren't normal families living around the area near the hospital?
Now you wonder why people don't take you guys seriously up there?
Damn, I hope the CLA appoints someone. Man oh man oh man, I'm going to beg for that. I'm goign to start a letter writing campaing now because I think it will just cost TOO MUCH MONEY to have a special election right now. That will teach you and those of you who think like that.
Cut your long scraggly hair. You're too old for that. No lie.
Can we please make sure when MLK hospital is re-opened, that the purple pimp union, SEIU, has nothing to do with it?
Opposite opinion in order. Go unionize them SEIU so they don't mess things up again.
Someone should ask Mark Ridley-Thomas how much the mayor helped him out in these talks because he was involved in a good way. Not that any of you would care or believe, but MRT did this with the help of the Mayor pushing the UC people. So you should give credit where credit is due.
I wonder if we can get the zorro marxist involved, look at the bang up job he did in his district...
I HOPE THAT RIDLEY AND THE UNIONS CAN FIND A WAY TO FIX AND RESTORE THIS HOSPITAL. TRUE THERE ARE PROBLEMS THEIR, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOUGHS PEOPLE ARE NOT CRIMINALS AND SHOULD HAVE A PLACE TO GET MEDICAL HELP. WE DON'T NEED TO LOSE MORE HOSPITALS.
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