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Troubles at King-Harbor: Full coverage of hospital in crisis

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L.A.’s Public Health Crisis

Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital is set to close down soon after failing a federal inspection. The action comes after a new round of questions about care, including one in which a woman writhed on the floor of the emergency room lobby for 45 minutes before dying of a perforated bowel. No one stepped in to help her. The Willowbrook hospital, once known as King/Drew, has been plagued by allegations of poor treatment almost since its inception 35 years ago. Scroll down for the latest coverage plus The Times’ .

Anatomy of a hospital in crisis: Check out Times Staff Writer Charles Ornstein’s


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