| Before it was recently closed, Martin
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| | center was located over ten miles away.
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| Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital was a
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| | In 1966, a medical task force was formed
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| public hospital in Los Angeles, CA that
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| | to examine the matter. Actual
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| was run by the Los Angeles County
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| | construction began in April 1968. It
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| Department of Health Services. For a
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| | opened in 1972 as a full-service medical
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| while, there had been widely discussed
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| | center and was viewed as a source of
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| problems related to endemic incompetence
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| | pride and jobs in the community.
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| and mismanagement, which ultimately
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| | Despite this excellent start, after 2000
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| caused the available number of hospital
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| | an array of problems rocked the hospital.
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| beds to be decreased to only 42. In the
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| | It was known by the dubious nickname of
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| past three years, over 200 hospital
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| | 'Killer King' and was the object of a
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| employees had either been terminated or
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| | number of special investigations by local
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| resigned for disciplinary reasons.
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| | newspapers.
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| In 2000, before its crisis and closing,
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| | On August 10, after failing a
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| the hospital possessed 537 beds and was
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| | comprehensive review by the U.S. Centers
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| the teaching hospital for Charles R. Drew
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| | for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 200
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| University of Medicine and Science.
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| | million dollars in federal funding was
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| Located near high crime areas, the
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| | canceled. The emergency room was closed
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| hospital had a very involved trauma unit.
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| | later that day and the rest of the
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| During 2003, it treated over 2,000
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| | hospital by August 27. Employees were
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| gunshot wounds and other such
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| | reassigned to jobs at other county
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| life-threatening injuries.
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| | facilities.
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| Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital's
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| | At a later Los Angeles County board
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| establishment was due to the 1965 Watts
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| | meeting, a 124-page report by federal
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| Riots when it was determined that poor
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| | inspectors was revealed that detailed
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| access to adequate healthcare was one of
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| | dozens of errors and failures by hospital
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| the contributing factors to the unrest.
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| | employees during the fateful review.
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| Tellingly, the closest public trauma
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