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Jun 7 8:58 am
  • Community Hospital

State says Community Hospital property exempt from affordable housing law

Kelly Puente

The law, called the Surplus Land Act, was a major hurdle in the city’s plan to pay back significant losses to the hospital’s operator, Molina Wu Network, by transferring ownership of the 8.7-acre property in East Long Beach.

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May 2 1:39 pm shared from Long Beach Post Features

To save Community Hospital, Long Beach leaders took a risky gamble—and lost

Kelly Puente and Brandon Richardson

City officials put Long Beach on the hook for millions of dollars in losses amassed by Community Hospital’s new operator. Now the bill is due.

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Apr 26 12:07 pm
  • Community Hospital

Community Hospital property must be offered to affordable housing developers, state says

Brandon Richardson

A 2019 law has thrown into jeopardy a proposed plan for the city to hand over the now-closed hospital to its operator for a mental health and wellness campus.

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Jan 24 6:10 pm
  • Community Hospital

Community Hospital likely to be sold as city seeks to pay operator millions in losses

Brandon Richardson and Jason Ruiz

The operator plans to operate Community as a mental wellness campus and is exploring the possibility of adding housing to the site.

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Nov 16 6:00 pm
  • Community Hospital

Community Hospital ER to partially close Wednesday morning

Brandon Richardson

As of Wednesday morning, the emergency department will no longer accept ambulance dispatches. The department will fully, permanently close one week later.

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Nov 4 5:23 pm
  • Community Hospital

Community Hospital to close ER, increase mental health services, skirting seismic requirements

Brandon Richardson

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.

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May 27 2021 1:37 pm
  • Community Hospital

Community Hospital celebrates grand reopening with city, hospital and community leaders

Brandon Richardson

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.

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May 24 2021 5:51 pm
  • Community Hospital

Ambulatory service returns to Community Hospital

Brandon Richardson

An ambulance delivered at least one patient to Community Hospital Monday for the first time in nearly three years, the hospital operator confirmed.

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May 12 2021 12:00 pm
  • Community Hospital

Community Hospital emergency department opens 3 years after closure

Brandon Richardson

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.

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Jan 5 2021 4:52 pm
  • Community Hospital

Community Hospital admits its first new patient in two and a half years

Brandon Richardson

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.

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