Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, formerly known as Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, is a private

Private hospital

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 hospital

Hospital

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 located at 1300 North Vermont Avenue

Vermont Avenue

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 in Los Angeles, California

Los Ángeles

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. The hospital has 434 beds.

History

It was founded as Hollywood Hospital in 1924. In 2004, it was sold to the CHA Medical Group for $69 million.

Controversy

In February 2007, an investigation was launched after a hospital official allegedly "dumped" 54-year-old Gabino Olvera, a paraplegic patient, on a Skid Row street. According to witnesses, Olvera was removed from a hospital van and was left writhing in a gutter, wearing nothing more than a soiled gown and a broken colostomy bag. The hospital agreed to pay $1 million and be monitored for up to 5 years as part of a settlement agreement reached in 2008.