The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new emergency room and tuberculosis unit for Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
In November 2006, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Director of Department of Public Works to select general contractors and adopt preliminary plans for a $49 million Emergency Room Replacement and new Tuberculosis Unit for the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar.
“This vital project will ensure that County residents continue to receive state-of the art healthcare services at Olive View,” said Antonovich.
The hospital will remain fully operational during construction. Public Works and its consultants have worked with Health Services to develop a construction staging plan that minimizes impacts to operations at the hospital during construction. McCarthy Building Companies Inc. has been hired to complete the work with the least possible disturbance to the hospital.