Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson held a press conference on June 7 to sound the alarm on the impending shutdown of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital and its maternity ward, which would negatively impact women all over South L.A. and surrounding neighborhoods.
A federal jury has awarded $3 million to a former Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center worker who said racial discrimination led to his firing.
Solis introduced a motion that passed on Tuesday; the Department of Health Services will lease medical space to respond to health issues in south east Los Angeles. At this new health center there will be primary care providers, nurses, case managers, case navigators, and other caring personnel to provide health services during COVID-19 and after the pandemic.
Get Help LA app will start in January, with the goal of eventually making it available to the general public.
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees has confirmed Chancellor Francisco C. Rodriguez’s appointment of Seher Awan, Ed.D., as the next permanent president of Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC).
LACMAHeals and the National Medical Association hosted the roundtable discussion, “African American Physicians – The Searing Journey” roundtable discussion at the Los Angeles County Medical Association Headquarters downtown on Aug. 31.
When Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act into law on October 5, he empowered doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to Californians diagnosed with terminal illnesses. If he were in that situation, the Governor wrote, “It would be a comfort to consider the options offered by the Right to Die legislation.” Supporters of the law praised him for giving Golden State residents with terminal illnesses the option to “die with dignity.” Opponents, on the other hand, raised concerns that the law puts California on a slippery slope that could lead to a number of problems, including