{"article":{"id":119662,"heading":"RE-MISSIONING OF DHS HOSPITALS","author":"Phillip Viramontes","created":"2004-11-23 20:23:07","modified":"2004-11-23 20:23:07","last_modified":"Wed, 24 Nov 2004 04:23:07","article":"<p>This is from the analysis from Dr. Garthwaite on October 2, 2002 \"TO: Each Supervisor\" the remommendations of course are not being followed although they have all the information to make an informed decision regarding closure of King\/Drew. The full PDF is available at the web address listed above. <br>  <br> \"King\/Drew and Harbor-UCLA have several private GAC hospitals located within five miles of each facility. Five private general acute care (GAC) hospitals are located within a five-mile radius around King\/Drew, with a total of 892 licensed beds and three emergency departments. Only one of these hospitals has non-profit designation, although all three receive DSH funds.King\/Drew and Harbor-UCLA have several private GAC hospitals located within five miles of each facility. Five private GAC hospitals are located within a five-mile radius around King\/Drew, with a total of 892 licensed beds and three emergency departments. Only one of these hospitals has non-profit designation, although all three receive DSH funds.Based on the analysis outlined above, King\/Drew is the next most essential hospital in the <br>  <br> system.  <br>  <br> The extremely high rates of poverty and lack of insurance among the population in this area make a compelling argument to preserve King\/Drew as a hospital with an emergency and trauma services. <br>  <br> It is our fervent hope that adequate funding will be obtained to also retain Harbor-UCLA as <br>  <br> a hospital with emergency and trauma services. However, its proximity to King\/Drew, <br>  <br> combined with the greater need in other areas, argue for its conversion to an ambulatory <br>  <br> care facility if one of the DHS medical centers must be re-missioned due to lack of funding.\"<\/p>\n","contact":"pviramoi@yahoo.com","link":"http:\/\/www.dhs.co.la.ca.us\/wwwfiles\/dhs\/media\/media\/breport10022002.pdf","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"King\/Drew closure contradicting Thomas L. Garthwaite, M.D.Director and Chief Medical Officer recommendation from 2002","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/11\/119662.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}