MEDICAL CENTER TO CLOSE; NORTH HOLLYWOOD FACILITY CALLED VICTIM OF CHANGES ROCKING INDUSTRY.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer Saying the North Hollywood Medical Center The North Hollywood Medical Center, (), was a hospital in the city of North Hollywood, CA. The now decommissioned hospital, which is at 12699 Riverside Drive in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, is the location can no longer survive changes roiling the health-care industry, administrators announced Thursday that the hospital will close Aug. 31. The center's 250 employees received 60-day notice Thursday. Sonja Hagel, chief executive officer at North Hollywood, said she hopes most will be able to find jobs at other hospitals owned by the parent company, Tenet HealthSystem. The company, which also runs the Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, will not leave North Hollywood altogether. Tenet plans to open an urgent care center, for outpatient treatment only, next to the hospital it will soon shutter (1) An opaque window that is moved in one direction to let light in and in another to close off the light. In fixed-lens cameras, one shutter often suffices for aperture and speed. . Hagel said the North Hollywood Medical Center, nearly 40 years old, has fallen prey both to financial pressures squeezing hospitals nationwide and a ferociously fe·ro·cious adj. 1. Extremely savage; fierce. See Synonyms at cruel. 2. Marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme: ferocious heat. competitive local market. ``It's a very bleak The bleak is a small pelagic fish of the Cyprinid family. Description The body of the bleak is elongated and flat. The head is pointed and the relatively small mouth is turned upwards. The anal fin is long and has 18 to 23 fin rays. The lateral line is complete. story,'' she said. ``It's virtually impossible for a small hospital . . . to pay their bills.'' The hospital's financial health, she said, was eroded e·rode v. e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing, e·rodes v.tr. 1. To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion: Waves eroded the shore. 2. To eat into; corrode. by cuts in money the government reimburses hospitals for care of poor patients. And too-few primary care doctors have been referring patients to the hospital, which Hagel said is not linked with any major health maintenance organizations. That hurt in a market dominated by HMOs and the hospitals they run. About 28 acute-care hospitals, with 5,941 beds among them, compete for patients in northwestern Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. The decision to close the medical center, Hagel said, was made by Santa Barbara-based Tenet, one of the country's largest hospital chains. The company runs 10 other facilities within 20 miles of North Hollywood and may be able to find spots for the displaced displaced see displacement. workers there, Hagel said. ``I feel very fortunate that we're part of a multihospital system,'' Hagel said. ``We'll make our best effort to place employees in other jobs.'' However, the hospital will also host a job fair next week and conduct workshops in career transition and resume preparation to help employees hunt for jobs. Employees will continue to receive their full salary and benefits for the next 60 days. Long-term patients at the 160-bed hospital will be transferred to other area medical facilities as the closure date nears, Hagel said. |
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