Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world famous hospital located in Los Angeles.
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History
Ceders-Sini is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sini Home for the Incurables.
Cedars of Lebanon was founded on September 21, 1902, as Kaspare Cohn Hosptal. In 1910, it moved to Whittier Boulevard and then in 1930 to Fountain Avenue, where it gained the name Cedars of Lebanon.
Mount Sini Home for the Incurables was started by the Bikur Cholim Society in 1918, as a two-room hospice. It gained the name "Bikur Cholim Hospital in 1921, as it was then located in a Boyle Heights residence with only 8 beds. It changed it's name to Mount Sini Home for the Incurables in 1923, and moved again in 1926 to a larger facility on Bonnie Beach Place. The current Beverly Bouleverd site was originally purchased by Emma and Hyman Levine and donated to the hospital. The new building opened in 1955.
Donations from the Max Factor Family Foundation allowed the construction of the current main hosptital building, which opened on November 5, 1972. [1]
Current status
Cedars-Sinai has over 8,000 employees and over 900 beds. In 2001, there were 77,347 visits to the emergency room. [2]
In fiscal year 2003, Cedars-Sini served 46,854 inpatients and 194,172 outpaitents. [3]
Mentions in Fiction
Cedars-Sinai is featured in the movie Volcano. It is imploded to form a barricade, to stop the flow of lava.
Famous people
Steve Broidy was Founding Life Chairman of the hospital.
World-renowned AIDS researcher David Ho was a resident there.
List of famous Cedars-Sinai patients
- Carl Anderson (died there)
- Kim Basinger (back surgery)
- Jonathan Brandis (died there)
- Lucille Ball (died there)
- Sammy Cahn (died there)
- Benny Carter (died there)
- Saul Chaplin (died there)
- Chuck Connors (died there)
- Sammy Davis Jr. (died there)
- Dominique Dunne (died there)
- Eazy-E (died there)
- John Frankenheimer (died there)
- Jodie Foster (gave birth there)
- Eva Gabor (died there)
- David Gahan (Recovery from attempted-suicide)
- Joyce Jillson (died there)
- Andy Kaufman (died there)
- Danny Kaye (died there)
- Shari Lewis (died there)
- Audrey Meadows (died there)
- River Phoenix (died there)
- Gilda Radner (died there)
- Martha Raye (died there)
- Elizabeth Taylor (brain tumor removal)
- Isabel Sanford (died there)
- Frank Sinatra (died there)
- Danny Thomas (died there)
- Barry White (died there)
