Accreditation Questioned: Credibility Perhaps Lost

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Now it seems to come the public's attention that previously mandated reforms were not implemented. The name was changed from King-Drew to King-Harbor but the same incompetence prevailed and remained. Tim Watkins, president of Watts Labor Community Action Center was very caustic in his comments about the situation at King-Drew-the name he referred to-hospital. He said, "It highlights the failure of the community to step up and defend our vital interest. This is about mismanagement-the government's responsibility to the community. This is about the failure of the mainstream media to provide a balanced perspective about what is going on here. I've discovered, through research, that across this nation, tools are being sown up inside of patients; pharmacists are over or under subscribing medications; people are dying in waiting rooms and gross incompetence exists in some of the highest reaches of this country's medical management system." His words certainly struck a chord with the recent events at King and more so with it continuous gross mismanagement over the last few years.

Understanding the ramifications of his proposal, he was asked about its apparent radical nature. He continued, "First of all, there'll be some opposition from the county, but the leadership of the assembly has come to me asking 'what shall we do?' because they've given up on all efforts to try and reform the hospital. So we have to do something totally different" This idea, according to [Mervyn Dymally], means that the non-profit group will be starting from scratch.

Councilman Isadore Hall of Compton, whose district is in close proximity to the hospital and whose residents depend on King Hospital for their health needs spoke about the possible closure of the hospital. He said, "I'm very concerned about the recent discovery of the lady at the King Hospital, However, I'm convinced that it was perhaps another isolated incident that could be dealt with through a better management program. The services at King Hospital are definitely a need service for our area, particularly the area that I represent, which is the entire South Los Angeles area, Compton, etc. I'm very confident that in working with Congresswoman Maxine Waters and all the elected officials, and the Board of Supervisors, we can maintain services at that hospital which is so vital to the community."

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Accreditation Questioned: Credibility Perhaps Lost

What is going happen to King-Harbor (formerly King-Drew) hospital now that the crisis has reached epidemic proportions and it may shut its doors? The latest incident in a long line of tragic medical occurrences has opened up wounds that did not even have time to heal since the last set of mishaps. The hospital has been operating amidst a continuous...

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