Local News in Brief : Cities to Lack Trauma Care After Saturday
When Methodist Hospital in Arcadia closes its trauma center Sunday, residents of Arcadia and most of Temple City who require emergency medical attention will be able to receive treatment at Pasadena’s Huntington Memorial Hospital.
But, under a plan devised by the county Department of Health Services, several San Gabriel Valley cities will be without trauma care at the beginning of the new year. These cities are Sierra Madre, Bradbury, El Monte, Rosemead, Duarte and Monrovia.
Although hospital officials estimate that including Arcadia and Temple City will increase the patient load at Huntington Memorial’s trauma center by about one-third, a spokesperson said the additional patients will not burden the operation.
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