• Font Size    

Slideshows

Celebrities With Swine Flu
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Report Finds Shoddy Patient Care At MLK-Harbor

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Sep 9, 2008 12:13 am US/Pacific

Report Finds Shoddy Patient Care At MLK-Harbor

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A Los Angeles hospital that downsized last year amid allegations of shoddy patient care had more than 100 employees with arrest records -- dozens more than previously reported.

The findings about Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital were released Monday in an auditor's report to the county Board of Supervisors.

The county-run hospital closed last year to all but outpatient care amid allegations of shoddy care that caused patient deaths.

Los Angeles County officials later found at least 16 workers had criminal histories that went unreported.

The auditor's report says 152 of the 1,600 employees at the hospital in August 2007 had criminal or arrest records.

The report also says the hospital's competency exams are easier and managers allowed staffers to take the exams numerous times until they passed.
------
Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

Los Angeles News

Top News Stories

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.