Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Memorial Campus: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
m Dating maintenance tags: {{Moresources}} |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 25:
'''Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Memorial Campus''' was a [[hospital]] that was located at 333 N. Prairie Ave, [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]. The hospital was operated by [[Centinela Freeman HealthSystem]], and was one of the three campuses of the Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center.
== History ==
{{Moresources|section|date=July 2023}}
The hospital was founded by the [[Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet]] in 1954 as '''Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital''',<ref name="AboutUs">[http://www.centinelafreeman.com/memorial/aboutUs/default "About Us"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630212745/http://www.centinelafreeman.com/memorial/aboutUs/default |date=June 30, 2007 }}, Memorial Campus website</ref><ref>[http://www.centinelafreeman.com/OurHospitals/default "Our Hospitals"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607150447/http://www.centinelafreeman.com/OurHospitals/default |date=June 7, 2007 }}, Centinela Freeman website</ref> named after [[Daniel Freeman (Los Angeles County)|Daniel Freeman]], founder of the city of Inglewood. Carondelet later purchased a hospital in [[Marina del Rey]] and named it [[Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital]].<ref>[http://www.the-calculating-lady.com/somh/Argo-8-30-01.htm "Tenet files application with state to acquire Daniel Freeman Hospitals"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928215613/http://www.the-calculating-lady.com/somh/Argo-8-30-01.htm# |date=2007-09-28 }}, [[The Argonaut]], August 30, 2001</ref> The two Daniel Freeman hospitals were acquired in 2001 by [[Tenet Healthcare]].<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Dec_17/ai_80838972 "Tenet Completes Acquisition of Daniel Freeman Hospitals"], [[Business Wire]], December 17, 2001</ref> The name was changed in 2004, when the hospital was transferred to the Centinela Freeman HealthSystem.<ref>[http://www.tenethealth.com/TenetHealth/PressCenter/PressReleases/Tenet+Signs+Agreement+to+Transfer+Three+West+Los+Angeles+Hospitals+to+Centinela+Freeman+HealthSystem.htm "Tenet Signs Agreement to Transfer Three West Los Angeles Hospitals to Centinela Freeman HealthSystem"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814041325/http://www.tenethealth.com/TenetHealth/PressCenter/PressReleases/Tenet%2BSigns%2BAgreement%2Bto%2BTransfer%2BThree%2BWest%2BLos%2BAngeles%2BHospitals%2Bto%2BCentinela%2BFreeman%2BHealthSystem.htm |date=August 14, 2007 }}, August 31, 2004</ref>
Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital transferred most medical services away from the facility in 2006,<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2006/oct/19/local/me-hospital19 "800 at Memorial Hospital in Inglewood Given Layoff Notices"], October 19, 2006</ref> and was closed in 2007, after consolidating its services with [[Centinela Hospital Medical Center]].<ref>[http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20081220/hospitals-under-stress "Hospitals under stress"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225050158/http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20081220/hospitals-under-stress |date=2015-02-25 }}, December 20, 2008</ref> [[Centinela Hospital Medical Center]] continues to operate after being purchased by [[Prime Healthcare Services]] in 2007. The [[Centinela Freeman HealthSystem]]'s remaining hospital, Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital continued operations as [[Marina Del Rey Hospital]], an independent for-profit facility for several years before being purchased by [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in 2015.
''Bonanza'' actor [[Dan Blocker]] died of a pulmonary embolism there after being discharged from the hospital following routine gall bladder surgery. One of the most famous victims from the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]] that was treated here was truck driver [[Attack on Reginald Denny|Reginald Denny]] after he was pulled from his truck and nearly beaten to death and was brought here by several people who rescued him from the intersection of [[Florence Avenue]] and [[Normandie Avenue]] in [[South Central Los Angeles]].
| |||