Long Beach : Emergency Room to Close
The emergency room at Long Beach Naval Hospital will be shut down beginning July 28 because of a shortage of doctors, the Navy has announced.
The emergency room will be converted into a 24-hour-a-day sick call station for active military personnel only, said Capt. M. F. Hall.
Dependents should seek emergency treatment through CHAMPUS military dependents’ insurance, Medicare or private insurance, he said.,
A clinic to provide basic health care by appointment will be set up for active-duty dependents, retired soldiers and sailors and their dependents at the 7500 E. Carson St. hospital, he said.
The military, which had counted on the draft for its supply of doctors, has been short of physicians for years.
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