The expansion would add 101 beds to the hospital’s 250-inpatient facility, with about half for emergency patients. The project was halted by a judge in October in response to concerns that the medical center had not fully addressed traffic, parking, safety and environmental matters.
But as many emergency rooms in Los Angeles County have closed since 2002, hospital officials are worried that the delay puts community members in jeopardy due to a lack of available emergency care, according to the Times report.
The hospital has found itself forced to routinely turn ambulances away.
The unfinished expansion, which is about 20 percent complete, is costing Providence Holy Cross Medical Center $250,000 a month.
Read the Times report on expansion project at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center.
