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Article: Makeover on tap for Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center. (Health Care).
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 18, 2002
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LESS than two months after taking over operations of Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center, the Daughters of Charity Health System is signaling that it's not afraid to take on Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Officials of the 274-bed Hawthorne hospital announced that they're moving ahead with a $34 million expansion of the aging facility, parts of which faced being taken out of service under the state's hospital earthquake safety law.
The expansion will involve construction of a new patient tower that will include new operating rooms, new intensive care units, 79 patient beds and other units, including obstetrics.
The medical center is among seven in the state ...