Community Medical Center Long Beach (Calif.) closed in July, but the hospital's new operator hopes to reopen it Jan. 1, according to the Press-Telegram.
The hospital must obtain several licenses to reopen, but the California Department of Public Health is working with hospital officials to expedite the process, Community Medical Center Long Beach's incoming CEO Virgis Narbutas said Aug. 27, according to the report.
The city-owned hospital needs to be retrofitted to meet California's seismic standards, and officials are working with the hospital's operator to decide who will pay for the retrofitting, according to the report.
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