HEALTH SERVICES MAY BE CUT BACK COUNTY ENVISIONS $1 BILLION DEFICIT.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Los Angeles County's health department would go into the red in 2004-05 and see its deficit top $1 billion by 2007-08 unless it can close a Downey rehabilitation center and reduce beds at its downtown hospital, officials said Monday. If the judge orders the county to continue operating Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center is a rehabilitation hospital located in Downey, California, United States. History Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, or Rancho and not cut 100 beds at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, the county would be forced to make $700 million in health cuts, county Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive David Janssen said. These cuts, the second part of a three-scenario plan to scale back the health services the county provides, call for closing Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Olive View-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital was founded on October 27, 1920, and is funded by Los Angeles County [1]. in Sylmar, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located within the city of Torrance, California, USA. The hospital was founded in 1946, and is funded by Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA serves as the Level I Trauma Center for the South Bay area. in Torrance and the Edward R. Roybal Edward Ross (Ed) Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) was an American politician. He served for thirty years as a Democratic representative of the 30th and later the 25th districts of California, and was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for thirteen years. Comprehensive Health Center in Los Angeles, and eliminating 100 privately contracted health clinics. Last week, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper issued a temporary restraining order temporary restraining order: see injunction. preventing the county from closing Rancho Los Amigos until it can prove that disabled Medi-Cal patients could obtain comparable care elsewhere. She refused Monday to vacate her order and said she would decide the ultimate fate of Rancho Los Amigos on May 13 and make a ruling on whether the county can eliminate 100 beds at County/USC several days later. The order is a result of lawsuits filed by public interest groups on behalf of Rancho Los Amigos and County/USC patients. Hospital doctors in sworn statements filed in the lawsuits have blamed at least four deaths at County/USC on long waits for care. But during recent inspections, state investigators could not substantiate those claims. ``One of the physicians recanted his declaration in the sense that he didn't identify a patient who actually died,'' said Fred Leaf, the health department's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . ``I don't know what their motivations were, but I think it was irresponsible for physicians to say anything that wasn't founded in fact.'' |
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