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  • CA: Federal judge denies motion to block closing of troubled South LA hospital's trauma unit

    12/03/2004 8:52:17 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 347+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/3/04 | AP - Los Angeles
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge has allowed the county to continue with its plans to close the trauma center at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center by denying a temporary restraining order sought by doctors and residents. The motion by Friends of King/Drew argued that the court needed to intervene immediately so community members would not be deprived of emergency medical services. The court filing rejected Thursday is part of a civil rights lawsuit alleging that closing the trauma unit would have a disproportionate affect South Los Angeles residents. Health department officials have said they need to close...