Hospital Files Suit to Protect Services
From Times Staff Reports
In another legal challenge to Los Angeles County’s troubled health department, a nonprofit Antelope Valley hospital filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to protect inpatient services at the county-run High Desert Hospital.
The county plans to convert High Desert to an outpatient clinic by June 30, saving an estimated $10 million per year. But hospital officials fear that the cuts would propel a flood of uninsured patients into its wards.
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