The Japanese Hospital in Los Angeles: Reflections on a Hospital for All

In the midst of this current COVID-19 pandemic, we’re learning more about the 1918 Influenza pandemic and its devastation across the globe. We’re also more aware of the impacts on communities of color and the long history of unequal access to health care.

Join Kristen Hayashi, PhD, Director of Collections Management & Access and Curator at JANM, for a virtual live talk and Q&A that takes a historical look at both of these topics through the lens of the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. It’s a story of how the Japanese American community, led by a group of immigrant doctors in the 1920s, demonstrated resilience against discrimination and disaster to establish a health care facility that was accessible to all.

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Japanese American National Museum
100 N. Central Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

[jagsterr]

Great presentation - thank you. I'm glad to learn about the history as I was born at The Japanese Hospital of Los Angeles in 1958.

[nursevinyl]

I was able to work there about 14 years ago. It is now presently a convalescent hosptal.

[erniemartinez]

I was born in this very hospital. I have the same Birth Certificate that was shown on this video. The doctor who delivered me was Dr. Morimoto, when it was still Japanese Hospital. Later when it was City View Hospital, my appendix was taken out by Dr. Wada, who was our family physician.

[bettyuyeda]

This presentation covers the social, medical, political, legal, architectural and historical stories of the Japanese Hospital. Dr. Hayashi's years of research on the Hospital as well as her contributions leading to the City's historic landmark designation culminates in a presentation that stands as a solid learning resource for students and historians.

[BLX]

I was born there after it was renamed City View Hospital!

[alannakagawa]

Why isn't the current owner supportive of the National Registry inclusion?