More trauma patients mean better care at Harbor-UCLA
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 11:14
in Health & Medicine
The caseload is larger since King/Drew's unit closed. Researchers think the larger caseload results in more medical expertise. Since county officials shuttered Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center's trauma unit three years ago, rising numbers of severely injured patients have been transported to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a 10-mile drive away.