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Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center
Since 1878
Los Angeles General Medical Center (also known as LA General and formerly known as Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, County/USC, County General or by the abbreviation LAC+USC) is a 600-bed public teaching hospital located at 2051 Marengo Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and one of the largest academic medical centers in the United States. The hospital facility is owned by Los Angeles County and operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Doctors are faculty of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, who oversee more than 1,000 medical residents being trained by the faculty.
Why it's on the map
The Wellness Center, on the first floor of the old building, was opened in 2014.
The origins of Los Angeles's public hospital system date to the late 19th century, when Los Angeles County opened a 100-bed facility in 1878 on Mission Road to care for the city's indigent population.
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