Willowbrook hospital facing possible closure seeks county support

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Darsha Philips, as published by NBC Los Angeles (KNBC) · August 3, 2026 · 1 min read

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A Willowbrook hospital that serves a community with limited medical emergency facilities may have to close down as it faces a multi-million-dollar funding gap. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital was built to serve 25,000 patients a year. In the past year, however, it’s seen five times that...

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