Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, 600-bed academic hospital in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, US
Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center is a 600-bed academic hospital at 2051 Marengo Street in Boyle Heights, made up of three linked buildings: a clinic tower, a diagnostic and treatment tower, and an inpatient tower. The complex is pale concrete or stone, with dense vertical rows of small rectangular windows between plain piers, a taller narrow tower topped by thin antennae, and flat roofs carrying antenna masts. Trees and utility poles stand in front of the lower floors.
The center began in 1878 as a 100-bed facility on Mission Road and partnered with USC Medical School in 1885. Over the decades it grew into one of the largest public hospitals on the West Coast.
The 2023 renaming to Los Angeles General Medical Center revived a name close to the original, ending confusion with the private Keck Hospital of USC half a mile away. Locals still call it County General or LAC+USC. The Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health, on site, has prepared registered nurses since 1895.
Visitors can view results, medications, and appointments through the digital portal LA Health. Each tower lobby offers signage and information desks to guide patients and companions to the right floors.
The center trains more than 1000 medical residents each year and operates a Navy Trauma Training Center for military medical personnel. Many Navy surgeons practice here before deploying on ships or in combat zones.
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