Inside the hospital gardens that give respite from a world of ills
“A hospital garden should provide an environment as different as possible from the straight lines, muted colors, and sanitized — perhaps fearful — atmosphere of a hospital interior.”
WILLOWBROOK, Calif. — In this neighborhood just north of Compton, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital catches the light. Tall, sleek, all windows and silver finish, the hospital sits as a kind of promise to South Los Angeles.
Not long ago, there was another hospital on the same property. Similar name, too: Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. But most people didn’t want to end up there. It was a public hospital known for being dangerous and deadly, a medical train wreck in a community that had long been neglected and abused.
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