Two more ( UCLA Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) gained Level I status later that month and still have that standing today. The Supervisors stipulated that they be open for business at 8 a.m. On December 13, 1983, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center as one of the first six trauma centers in Los Angeles County, all of which were designated Level I.
On September 1, 1978, the name of the hospital changed officially to Los Angeles County Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in order to draw attention to its working relationship with the UCLA School of Medicine. Īffiliation with the UCLA School of Dentistry was established in 1972. Construction of the present eight-story hospital building was completed in late 1962 on the easterly portion of the grounds, at Carson Street and Vermont Avenue, replacing a number of the wooden barracks and cottages comprising Harbor General. The Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital began its affiliation with UCLA School of Medicine in 1951.
In February 1946, the county purchased the facility from the Federal Government in order to decentralize the activities of the Los Angeles County General Hospital, one of the largest institutions of its kind in the world, and founded a branch hospital to serve the South Bay and Long Beach areas. Situated on a tract of 80 acres (32 ha), it had an administration building and a large number of barracks wards arranged under the cottage system. Army's Port of Embarkation Hospital, which was a receiving point for the wounded returned from the Pacific theater during World War II. The facility is one of two level I trauma centers (providing the highest level of surgical care to trauma patients) operated by Los Angeles County, the other is LAC+USC Medical Center.Ī medical facility was originally opened on the site in 1943 as the U.S. As implied by the name, the hospital is owned by the Los Angeles County and operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, while doctors are faculty of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, who oversee the medical residents being trained at the facility. Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, is a 570-bed public teaching hospital located at 1000 West Carson Street in West Carson, an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County, California. Los Angeles County Department of Health Servicesġ000 W Carson St., Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Hospital in California, United States Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
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