RESIDENTS FIGHT HOSPITAL NEIGHBORS FEAR FACILITY WILL BRING TRAFFIC, CRIME.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - About 10 people picketed in front of Lancaster Community Hospital This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. on Thursday to protest a plan by the hospital's owner to build a hospital in west Palmdale. The protesters live near the proposed site of the 120-bed facility on Tierra Subida Road north of Avenue Q-8, and said such a facility would bring noise, traffic and crime to the area. ``We don't want a hospital there - the noise, pollution. There is not enough room for all the traffic. Tierra Subida is a two-way street,'' said Sandra sandra (sänˑ·dr  ),adj Shehane. ``There's a crime element that usually comes with hospitals. We don't need that with our children.'' Universal Health Services Universal Health Services, Inc. NYSE: UHS is a Fortune 500 company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This company is one of the nation's largest health care management companies, operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers , which acquired Lancaster Community Hospital in January, has an agreement with the city of Palmdale to build the hospital. Universal officials have said they are about two years or so away from starting construction. Palmdale has pledged $6.7 million for buying the 30 acres and doing other work to help the hospital. Palmdale lost its only hospital in 1996 with the closure of Desert Palms Community Hospital. Universal officials could be not reached Thursday for comment. Protesters said they are not against Palmdale building a hospital, but are opposed to having it in their residential neighborhood. They said there is a lot of open space in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley on which to build a hospital. ``We don't want the extra traffic, noise, sirens Sirens with song, bird-women lure sailors to death. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] See : Enchantment sirens their singing so sweet, it lured sailors to their death. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 48] See : Singer , lights,'' said Linda Vanderwalker, who organized the march. ``There is a place for everything. We are not opposed to putting a hospital in Palmdale. They need one on the east side and not in our back yard.'' Vanderwalker said she has gathered more than 1,000 petition signatures against the project. The protesters at first picketed in front of a hospital entrance but were ordered off hospital property by staff members. A sheriff's deputy was called to the hospital, and he told the group not to block the driveway or impede im·pede tr.v. im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder1. [Latin imped traffic going in and out. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) ``Your sirens will interfere with my sleep'' and ``Let me live without your traffic'' read picketers' signs opposing a new hospital. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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