Hospital’s Teen Psych Unit to Remain Open
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Northridge Hospital Medical Center on Tuesday rescinded its threat to close the San Fernando Valley’s only adolescent psychiatric unit after reaching a deal that will limit the number of Medi-Cal patients in the program.
Hospital officials originally feared that new county rules would force them to admit more Medi-Cal patients than the hospital could afford. On Tuesday, county officials informally agreed to cap the number of Medi-Cal patients at the 11-bed unit to one or two at a time.
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