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| Location = 1225 [[Wilshire Boulevard]]
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'''PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital''' is a [[hospital]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. The hospital has 408 beds. In 2019 Good Samaritan joined the PIH Health network.<ref name="pihhealth.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pihhealth.org/about/news/good-samaritan-hospital-joins-pih-health-network/|title=Good Samaritan Hospital Joins PIH Health Network - PIH Health|website=www.pihhealth.org}}</ref><ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.goodsam.org/about/index.php |title=About Good Samaritan Hospital |access-date=2007-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502185811/http://goodsam.org/about/index.php |archive-date=2013-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==History==
[[File:Hospital of the Good Samaritan (Western Hospital Review, 1928).png|thumb|(1928)]]
In 1885, [[Nun|Sister]] Mary Wood opened a care facility with just 9 beds. The hospital was historically affiliated with the [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal Church]], but currently pastoral care services are available for all religions and denominations. The current hospital was built in 1976.<ref name="about"/><ref name="facts">{{cite web |url=http://goodsam.org/about/facts.php |title=Facts about Good Samaritan Hospital |access-date=2007-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502224430/http://goodsam.org/about/facts.php |archive-date=2013-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
Prominent American suffragist [[Inez Milholland]] died at the hospital on November 25, 1916. Actress [[Jean Harlow]] died of kidney disease at the hospital at age 26 at 11:37 AM on June 7, 1937.
 
Presidential candidate [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]] died at the hospital early in the morning of June 6, 1968, 25 hours after he was [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|shot]] at the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=How the AP Covered the RFK Assassination 50 Years Ago |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/how-the-ap-covered-the-rfk-assassination-50-years-ago/151632/ |website=NBC Los Angeles |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>
 
In 1996, the hospital's [[neonatal intensive care unit]] was featured in ''Visiting... with [[Huell Howser]]'' Episode 401.<ref>{{cite web |title=Babies – Visiting (401) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1996/10/03/babies-visiting-401/}}</ref>
In 2011, ''Becker's Hospital Review'' listed Good Samaritan Hospital under 60 Hospitals With Great Orthopedic Programs.<ref>[http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/60-hospitals-with-great-orthopedic-programs/1.html Becker's Hospital Review]</ref>▼
 
▲In 2011, ''Becker's Hospital Review'' listed Good Samaritan Hospital under 60 Hospitals With Great Orthopedic Programs.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/60-hospitals-with-great-orthopedic-programs/1.html?showall=&start=1|title=1 Becker's- HospitalPage Review]2|website=www.beckershospitalreview.com}}</ref>
 
In 2019 the hospital joined the PIH Health network becoming the third hospital in the network which includes PIH Health Hospital-Whittier and PIH Health Hospital-Downey.<ref name="pihhealth.org"/>
 
==Controversies==
Since 2020, Good Samaritan Hospital has been accused of poor, unsafe work conditions for its nursing staff, with workers reporting shortages of PPE and unsafe recycling of masks and gloves.<ref>{{cite web |title=Good Samaritan Hospital Employees to Protest Lack of Protective Equipment, Short Staffing While Treating COVID-19 Patients |url=https://www.seiu-uhw.org/press/good-samaritan-hospital-employees-to-protest-lack-of-protective-equipment-short-staffing-while-treating-covid-19-patients/ |website=SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first1= |title=US nurses protest working conditions amid Covid-19 surge |url=https://www.laprensalatina.com/us-nurses-protest-working-conditions-amid-covid-19-surge/ |website=LA Prensa Latina Bilingul Media}}</ref> These unsanitary and poor working conditions have led to multiple strikes by nurses affiliated with the [[California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee]] (CNA/NNU). Chief Nurse Union Representative Alejandro Cuevas said that Good Samaritan Hospital has put patients at risk just to save money in the process.<ref>{{cite web |title=Los Angeles nurses to hold speak out for patient safety |url=https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/los-angeles-nurses-to-hold-speak-out |website=National Nurses United}}</ref> Good Samaritan Hospital was later accused of engaging in [[Union busting]] by CNA/NNU when Union Representative Alejandro Cuevas was fired from his position.
 
Good Samaritan has also been accused of violating California's safe staffing law due to its chronic short-staffing, which has led to nurses assigned too many patients to care for and that means they are unable to take breaks during their 12-hour shifts, forcing them to work overtime and take extra shifts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Los Angeles nurses to hold rally to demand patient safety and safe staffing |url=https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/la-nurses-to-hold-rally-to-demand-patient-safety-and-safe-staffing |website=National Nurses United}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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