Guarded optimism

County health chief Dr. Thomas Garthwaite said he hoped the hospital would be sufficiently improved in a year to reassess whether it could support a trauma unit.

Robert Gauthier / LAT /

County health chief Dr. Thomas Garthwaite said he hoped the hospital would be sufficiently improved in a year to reassess whether it could support a trauma unit.

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