Community Hospital likely to be sold as city seeks to pay operator millions in losses
The operator plans to operate Community as a mental wellness campus and is exploring the possibility of adding housing to the site.
Community Hospital ER to partially close Wednesday morning
As of Wednesday morning, the emergency department will no longer accept ambulance dispatches. The department will fully, permanently close one week later.
Community Hospital to close ER, increase mental health services, skirting seismic requirements
The move lets MWN—and the city—avoid paying tens of millions of dollars for seismic repairs at the property, a burden that prompted the previous operator, MemorialCare, to abandon the facility.
Community Hospital celebrates grand reopening with city, hospital and community leaders
After years of work, challenges and delays, city and hospital leaders celebrated the grand reopening of Community Hospital Long Beach Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the nearly century-old facility.
Ambulatory service returns to Community Hospital
An ambulance delivered at least one patient to Community Hospital Monday for the first time in nearly three years, the hospital operator confirmed.
Community Hospital emergency department opens 3 years after closure
After nearly three years, the Community Hospital Long Beach emergency department is now open, marking a crucial turning point for the facility, operator Molina, Wu, Network announced Wednesday.
Community Hospital admits its first new patient in two and a half years
The first patient was transferred from College Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon. Additional patients are expected to arrive in the coming days and weeks, though agreements with some facilities still need to be ironed out, officials said.
State gives Community Hospital the OK to reopen Monday—no walk-ins, no coronavirus
After months of delays, Community Hospital Long Beach has been granted a license from the state health department and will open with 11 ICU beds as the region runs dangerously low.
Community Hospital says it’s ready to reopen; with ICUs full, what’s the delay?
In the early days of the pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued special orders to reopen Community Hospital Long Beach temporarily as a backstop to the growing threat of COVID-19. But nine months later—as a surge of cases is pushing local hospitals to the brink—the facility remains shuttered with no answers from the state as to why.
Community Hospital still awaiting state approval to open as patients fill nearby facilities
The final inspection process began last week, with state surveyors providing the operator with a short “punchlist” of minor issues, all of which have since been addressed, according to a spokesman.