LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center will officially be renamed Los Angeles General Medical Center during an announcement Wednesday by Supervisor Hilda Solis, Mayor Karen Bass and hospital leaders.
After 55 years of operation, the county’s most distinctive and busiest health care facility is getting a new moniker. The newly named hospital will also have a new motto: “Exceptional Care. Healthy Communities,” and a new mission “to build healthy communities by being a trusted provider of excellent, whole-person care to all,” according to a statement from Los Angeles County Health Services.
The official announcement will be made Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the hospital’s Boyle Heights campus.
“After months of consulting and collaborating with community members, staff, and patients, we are officially now Los Angeles General Medical Center. We are incredibly proud to unveil our new name and brand, bringing us one more step into our future, while recognizing our past,” Jorge Orozco, CEO of Los Angeles General Medical Center said in a statement.
“With this announcement, we’re celebrating a new chapter for the medical center, which includes the expansion of our award-winning ‘Safer at Home’ program designed to help keep vital bed availability at L.A. County’s flagship hospital. The new name and new brand are all part of what it means to be the flagship public medical center in the nation’s largest county. We are proud to be L.A. General Medical Center.”
The county Board of Supervisors officially voted Tuesday to change the name. According to the motion by Solis, whose Fourth District includes the hospital, “the center is now charting a new path forward,” and the county is seeking to rename the facility “to reflect the hospital’s rich history and strong connection to the community accurately while maintaining its commitment to world class and culturally world-class care.”
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