Community Hospital of Long Beach 4920343 167806269 2007-10-29T09:13:23Z Waacstats 1951353 Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]] {{Infobox Hospital | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Org/Group = | Image = <!-- optional --> | Caption = <!-- optional --> | Logo = | Location = | Region = [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] | State = California | Country = US | HealthCare = Private | Type = Community | Speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality, i.e. not if has broad spectrum of specialities --> | Standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | Emergency = <!-- UK/IR/HK/SG: Yes/No, CA/US: I/II/III for Trauma certification level --> | Affiliation= None | Beds = | Founded = 1924 | Closed = <!-- optional --> | Website = http://www.chlb.org/ | Wiki-Links = <!-- optional --> |}} '''Community Hospital of Long Beach''' is an acute care [[hospital]] in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]]. ==History== Community Hospital of Long Beach was founded in 1924 as Long Beach Community Hospital with 100 beds and 175 surgeons and physicians on staff. Nine years later, the [[Long Beach earthquake of 1933]] shook the hospital but did little damage to the hospital. The hospital provided medical care to hundreds of residents following the disaster. In the 1940s, the hospital added a new wing, increasing the number of beds to 150. The 1960s and 1970s saw increasing modernization of hospital equipment and facilities with a doubling of the size of the [[Emergency department|emergency room]], the opening of an [[Intensive care medicine|intensive care unit]], a [[nuclear medicine]] department and a [[coronary care unit]]. In 1980, the hospital was deignated as a Historical Landmark. The 1980s and 1990s saw changes of ownership. In 1982, [[Health West]] bought the hospital. Through a 1988 merger, [[UniHealth]] became the owners of the hospital followed by a purchase of the hospital in 1998 by [[Catholic Healthcare West]]. Throughout the same time period, additional changes and upgrades were made to the hospital including a [[Neuropsychiatry|neuropsychiatric]] center, a [[neonatal intensive care unit]], an [[urgent care]] facility and a cancer center. The hospital also received a name change to Long Beach Community Hospital Medical Center. In the year 2000, Catholic Healthcare West closed the hospital prompting a strong reaction from the community around the hospital. After 9-months of “Save Our Neighborhood Hospital” community efforts, the hospital was re-opened with its current name in 2001. Since that time, the hospital has continued to expand services by adding a 28-bed [[mental health|behavioral health]] unit and an [[occupational medicine]] clinic. The hospital received a three-year [[Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations]] accreditation in 2003. ==External links== * {{cite web | url = http://www.chlb.org/ | title = Community Hospital of Long Beach | accessdate = April 27 | accessyear = 2006}} {{US-hospital-stub}} [[Category:Hospitals in California]]