Nearly two dozen private hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties, accounting for up to 15% of beds in the region, are in dire financial straits and in danger of bankruptcy or closure, according to hospital administrators, industry experts and state data.
The troublesome development follows the closure of community clinics and hospitals in recent years that has left the healthcare system seriously overburdened.
If even a few other hospitals close or reduce costly critical-care services, it could mean longer ambulance rides to hospitals, additional delays in emergency rooms and less access to care, especially for poor and uninsured people.
Among the hospitals in poor financial health, according to industry analysts, are Downey Regional Medical Center, Centinela Freeman Health System in Inglewood, Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, Century City Doctors Hospital and four Orange County hospitals owned by Santa Ana-based Integrated Healthcare Holdings Inc. including Chapman Medical Center in Orange and Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, one of three trauma centers in the county.
In interviews, senior executives at Centinela and Downey said they were considering closing their emergency rooms. Downey's chief operating officer, Rob Fuller, added that his hospital could close entirely as early as next year if its financial picture didn't improve soon.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-hospitals23sep23,0,1253335.story?coll=la-home-center
2007-09-23 06:52:34 · 8 answers · asked by Untied States Of Latina 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
It's happening all across the country. All because too many expect it to be total freebie care. As more and more are flooding in....more and more being born in unreal numbers.....and hospitals are forced to close in those areas.....where is it that they expect all the people to go when, if God forbid, their is a huge spread of disease or something. I know right now in our area it is basicly useless to plan for some pandemic because there aren't even close to the amount of beds needed for the people that live here....forget the ones they haven't gotten around to counting yet.
If it's anything like an article I read recently.....the first words out of their mouth will be "racist" if they aren't catered to first. Or if they have to wait for an ambulance.......somehow that ends up being our fault too when they are the #1 reason for this problem and shortage and massive closings.
2007-09-23 12:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Illegals. When you have 25 million illegal aliens cramming into our hospitals and emergency rooms for free health care, what would you expect? Remember about every 10 months another anchor baby is pooped out somewhere for free at a U.S. hospital. Do you know that pregnant women wait on the border to go into labor and then they are taken by ambulance to the U.S. hospital. No wonder hospitals are closing. Who could keep their doors open under that seige.
2007-09-23 14:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by Robert J 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
And they WANT to be sanctuary Cities?
This can't really be much of a surprize, people from all across America have been saying the same thing. Hospitals are ( not might, ARE) going under due to being used as "Primary Care" providers and then going unpaid for said services! Need I say who are doing this the most?
2007-09-23 14:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by go4gin1994 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The medical care for illegal aliens is destroying the healthcare of all of us.
Parkland Memorial: 70% of the women who gave birth at Parkland were illegals
Parkland is also home to the second busiest maternity ward in the country with almost 16,000 new babies arriving each year. (That’s almost 44 per day every day) A recent patient survey indicated that 70 percent of the women who gave birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal immigrants. That’s 11,200 anchor babies born every year just in Dallas
2007-09-23 14:06:38 · answer #4 · answered by ShoeShine 1 · 7⤊ 1⤋
What do I think or Why do I think financial woes would jeopardize a hospital??
I think it's not just a LA-area problem---it's all over the country.
AND yes, I DO think that financial problems can SERIOUSLY hamper a hospital's ability to continue providing quality services.
2007-09-23 14:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
LA is a sanctuary city for illegal aliens run by a radical member of mecha. LA can fall into the sea for all I care. Although, I hope nothing bad happens to all the sexy actresses who live there!
2007-09-23 14:08:21 · answer #6 · answered by Shane 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Illegal Aliens and the California Nurses Association......a deadly combination for healthcare in the California.
2007-09-23 14:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Border town hospitals have either closed or relocated all up and down our southern border. Some have had to close their emergency rooms to survice.
2007-09-23 14:00:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋