By Victoria Le
The Orange County Register
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. 鈥� County public health officials directed ambulances to stop transporting patients to , suspending the general hospital鈥檚 designation as an emergency receiving center as of Wednesday, May 6 .
鈥淭his suspension applies to patients arriving via the 911 system. The hospital鈥檚 emergency department remains open and continues to accept walk鈥慽n patients,鈥� OC Health Care Agency Interim EMS Medical Director Almaas A. Shaikh said in a Wednesday statement. Shaikh did not answer why the ER was closed to ambulances.
鈥淎t this time, no duration has been established for the suspension,鈥� she said.
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Anaheim Global, on South Anaheim Boulevard, just a few blocks northeast from Disneyland, is part of a network of 鈥淕lobal鈥� brand hospitals in Southern California owned by
鈥� Anaheim Global Medical Center is working with Orange County EMS to restore its Emergency Receiving Center status as expeditiously as possible,鈥� Anaheim Global officials said in a statement. 鈥淚n the meantime, the hospital remains safe, open, and operational.鈥�
KPC Health, headquartered in Corona, also owns Chapman Global in Orange, South Coast Global and Orange County Global in Santa Ana , Hemet Global, Menifee Global and Victor Valley Global medical centers.
Anaheim Global in February received an from , a nonprofit focused on patient safety that assigns grades to general hospitals across the country.
Anaheim Global is not the first hospital under the KPC Health umbrella to have such a designation suspended.
Last year, the county instructed emergency dispatchers and paramedics to stop routing stroke patients toin Santa Ana following state findings of substandard care at the financially troubled hospital. Four months later, the hospital as one of nine stroke neurology-receiving centers in the county.
鈥淲e are all fortunate to have significant hospital and emergency capacity in our area, that if one site is impacted, there鈥檚 always availability at other sites as well,鈥� Anaheim city spokesperson Mike Lyster said, naming a few nearby hospitals, including 鈥渢he primary trauma hospital in our area鈥� UC Health 鈥� Orange (previously UCI Medical Center ) near Angel Stadium and about 3.5 miles southeast of Anaheim Global, Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange and Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton.
鈥淭hey are all very, very close to us,鈥� Lyster said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 more than enough capacity.鈥�
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