City View Hospital and the Japanese Hospitals of California - Part 7
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THE DEBATE OVER CITY VIEW
On August 17, 1984, the Los Angeles Times ran a story on City View Hospital entitled “Financial III Health Plagues an Ethnic Hospital.” For many of the Nikkei who read this article, this was the first sign they had received that the hospital was in crisis. The news was unexpected and immediately raised questions in the minds of many. After all, the community had contributed generously to the hospital each year, how then could it have suddenly fallen into crisis? And what should be done to avert the crisis?
These issues lay ...