| Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. – Los Angeles Healthcare Corporation (MLK-LA) | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1680 120th Street Willowbrook, Los Angeles Los Angeles County, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 33°55′24″N 118°14′37″W / 33.923229°N 118.243737°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private, Nonprofit |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Type | Community |
| Affiliated university | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Services | |
| Beds | 130 |
| History | |
| Opened | 2013, opened 2015 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in California |
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, also known as MLK-LA, is a 131-bed public community hospital in the unincorporated Willowbrook neighborhood of southern Los Angeles County, California, just outside of the Los Angeles city limits.[1] It was planned and designed to especially serve the surrounding South Los Angeles communities' needs, including those of underinsured or uninsured patients.
The hospital opened on July 7, 2015,[2] in a new US$208,500,000 building.[3][4] The hospital on the site of the former Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center, originally named the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, known as King/Drew.[5] The adjacent Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center opened in a new building in 2014.[6]
- ^ Mlkcommunityhospital.org: Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital . accessed 7.7.2015
- ^ LA Times: "A new beginning for MLK hospital and the community", 6 July 2015.
- ^ "Approve Resolution for Reimbursement of Expenditures for the Multiservice Ambulatory Care Center/Ancillary Building (C.P. 70497) and the Inpatient Tower Renovation (C.P. 88945) Projects at Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center" (PDF). Chief Executive Office. County of Los Angeles. March 30, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ "MLK Hospital Construction Nears Completion". Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. County of Los Angeles. August 21, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ Cosgrove, Jaclyn (March 28, 2024). "When Martin Luther King Jr. came to L.A., only one white politician was willing to greet him". Los Angeles Times. Research by Scott Wilson. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ Los Angeles County Department of Health Services: Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center website . accessed 7.7.2015