Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
Martin Luther King Jr. – Los Angeles Healthcare Corporation (MLK-LA)
Geography
Location	Willowbrook, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, US
Coordinates
Organisation
Care system	Private, Nonprofit
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Community
Services
Beds	130
History
Opened	2013, opened 2015
Links
Website	www.mlkcommunityhospital.org

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, also known as MLK-LA, is a 131-bed public community hospital located in Willowbrook, California. It was established to cater to the healthcare needs of the underinsured and uninsured population in the South Los Angeles area. The hospital is jointly operated by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

The hospital opened on July 7, 2015, in a new building that cost $208.5 million. It is situated on the site of the former Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center, which was originally named the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. The adjacent Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center also opened in a new building in 2014.

The closure of the Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center in 2007 had a significant impact on the South Los Angeles area, as it left the community without a major hospital providing indigent care. The establishment of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital aimed to address this gap in healthcare services.