St. Francis Medical Center (Lynwood)
St. Francis Medical Center | |
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Level II trauma center | |
Beds | 384[2] |
History | |
Opened | 1945 |
Links | |
Website | stfrancismedicalcenter |
Lists | Hospitals in California |
St. Francis Medical Center is a
History
This section needs to be updated.(September 2018) |
The hospital was founded in 1945 by the
In January 1996, the hospital's emergency department was designated a
After the August 2007 closure of the troubled nearby public hospital,
As the hospital continued to lose money, the
On December 3, 2015, Harris conditionally approved transferring the hospital property to
Verity Health System filed for bankruptcy protection in 2018. In 2019, Verity agreed to sell St. Francis to KPC Group in Riverside for $420 million, but the deal was not completed.
On April 9, 2020, Verity announced the sale of St. Francis to Prime Healthcare Services for over $350 million; Prime committed to investing $47 million in capital improvements, the deal was completed in August 2020.[8]
Description
As of 2015[update], St. Francis has 384 beds, 375 doctors, and about 20,000 patients a year.[2]
References
- ^ a b Prime Healthcare (2020-08-14). "Prime Healthcare Successfully Completes Historic Acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center" (Press release). GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ a b c Adler, Arnold (December 31, 2015). "2015: Homelessness, health care, drought top year's stories". Wave Newspapers. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ "Facts about St. Francis Medical Center". Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ^ "History of St. Francis Medical Center". Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Trauma Centers in California" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-15. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ^ Steinhauser, Jennifer (June 5, 2008). "A City Where Hospitals Are as Ill as the Patients". The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ Karlamangla, Soumya (September 27, 2018). "City of Lynwood moves to buy St. Francis hospital". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Prime Healthcare to Acquire Verity Health System's St. Francis Medical Center". AP NEWS. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-05-03.