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LAC+USC
Medical Center
A partner
institution of the Keck School of Medicine of USC since 1885,
Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center is one of the largest
academic medical centers in the country. The medical center
provides critical access to health services for the medically
underserved.
LAC+USC
Medical Center provides a full spectrum of emergency, inpatient
and outpatient services. These include medical, surgical and
emergency/trauma services in General Hospital. Women's and
Children's Hospital provides obstetrical, gynecological,
pediatric and specialized neonatal intensive care services.
Staffed by
faculty of the Keck School of Medicine, USC physicians provide
patient care, direct research activities and supervise the
training of more than 900 medical residents plus medical
students at the medical center.
As one of the
busiest public hospitals in the Western United States, LAC+USC
Medical Center records nearly 50,000 inpatient discharges,
200,000 emergency department visits, and 1 million ambulatory
care visits each year. The current hospital offers 745
inpatient beds and construction has begun for a replacement
hospital that is due to open in November 2007.
LAC+USC is the
largest single provider of health care in L.A. County, and
treats more than 28 percent of trauma victims in the region. In
addition, LAC+USC operates one of only three burn centers in the
County and one of the few Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
Units in Southern California.
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