On May 23rd, 2022, Dr. Elaine Batchlor, CEO of Martin Luther King Community Healthcare (MLKCH) , held a private roundtable discussion to share their concerns regarding care for mothers and babies in the South Los Angeles Community
Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) introduced AB 2426, to address health equity in the South Los Angeles community. This bill would build off of AB 2599 (Bass, 2009) and cover hospital-based outpatient services provided in the emergency department.
In order to return to a welcome normalcy, we need to do our part—get the vaccine.
By any measure, South Los Angeles is one of the most vulnerable communities in California—and the nation.
Nine barbershops throughout L.A. County will help welcome the public to free health screenings, including for blood glucose and blood pressure.
The combined grants from the Weingart Foundation and Ballmer Group support innovative efforts to fill the area’s physician shortage.
Chants of ‘a new day at MLK’ filled the air as thousands came together to celebrate the reopening of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital in Watts on Friday, Aug. 7.
The audience was full of California officials including Supervisor Mark Ridley – Thomas, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, California State Senator Isadore Hall, III, Congresswoman Janice Hahn, Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley – Thomas, Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson, Inglewood Mayor James Butts and Councilmember Curren Price to name a few. While the hospital has been opened since July 7, last Friday was a day used to celebrate everyone that made it possible.