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Beverly Hospital Receives $1M Contribution, Renames Emergency Care Center
Tuesday, February 4, 2020Beverly Hospital announces the naming of its Emergency Care Center after Mr. Joseph and Dr. Helen Koo, who donated $1M to the Hospital. Dr. Helen Koo, Pediatrician, has been a Beverly Hospital Physician since 1982 and has been caring for the community’s infants and children for nearly 4 decades. The Koo’s contribution will help Beverly Hospital continue to make important improvements to its facilities. These improvements result in a higher level of quality and compassionate care for every patient.
The recently expanded Emergency Care Center (2019) added 15 new beds (bringing the total to 32), two trauma bays, a state-of-the art new nursing station, and a new waiting area. Alice Cheng, President & CEO, commented on the recent expansion “our community deserves the best care close to home, and we can now provide superior emergency care and shorter wait times for urgent needs.” The additional space will help meet the needs of a growing community.
A naming ceremony was held on Friday, January 31, 2020 to dub the ECC as the Joseph & Helen Koo Emergency Care Center.
The hospital has experienced various expansions since its humble origins as a maternity cottage. Prior to current renovations to the Emergency Care Center, the hospital renovated its Hensel Maternity Center into 18 private maternity suites in 2016, and retrofitted various areas of the hospital to meet earthquake standards in 2015. Funding for these and other renovations was secured with a $40 million bond from the California Statewide Communities Authority in 2015. Older renovations include a move of the original hospital building from Beverly and 4th St. to Harding and 4th St. in 1957 and the rise of its patient towers (floors 2-5) which were added in 1973.
Beverly Hospital serves Montebello, East Los Angeles, Pico Rivera, Whittier and surrounding cities since 1949.
Photo (L to R): Dr. Helen Koo, Mr. Joseph Koo, Alice Cheng, President & CEO of Beverly Hospital
Les Fujimoto, VP of the Beverly Foundation & Community Relations
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