Olympia Medical Center may yet stay open to help cope with pandemic, city official says
(WorldNews Health)

The new owner of Olympia Medical Center in Mid-Wilshire — which announced suddenly on New Year’s Eve that it would close its doors in March, setting off alarms in the pandemic-plagued community — would allow the previous owner to keep the hospital open amid the coronavirus surge, at least through the end of the year. UCLA Health, which recently purchased the 204-bed facility, has leased back the property to its previous owner Alecto Healthcare for the rest of the year, according to city officials. That could allow the hospital to continue to treat an overflow of COVID-19 patients. Olympia Medical Center at 5900 W. Olympic Blvd. in Los Angeles on January 20, 2021. (Photo by...