>>Administrators at White Memorial have told doctors not to call a detained patient’s family members, even to find out what type of medication they’re on or what conditions they have, doctors told LAist. Hospital leaders also have told doctors to allow immigration agents to remain by a detained patient’s side, even during consultations, inhibiting frank discussions between doctors and their patients and potentially violating patient privacy laws. Doctors say this is not typical protocol for any patients, including those brought in by local police or sheriff’s deputies.<<

https://laist.com/news/politics/boyle-heights-hospital-ice-agents-patient-care-privacy-rights
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CPH Daily Bulletin 10/10/2025

White Memorial doctors say immigration agents are interfering with detainees’ medical care

https://boyleheightsbeat.com/boyle-heights-white-memorial-hospital-immigration-patient-care-privacy-rights/

#ICEraids #BoyleHeights #LosAngeles #Healthcare #UnionDelBarrio #Glendale #Adelanto

Absolutely horrific.
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Doctors at Adventist Health White Memorial hospital in Boyle Heights told LAist that hospital administrators are allowing federal immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and block doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care.

Administrators at White Memorial have told doctors not to call a detained patient’s family members, even to find out what type of medication they’re on or what conditions they have, doctors told LAist. Hospital leaders also have told doctors to allow immigration agents to remain by a detained patient’s side, even during consultations, inhibiting frank discussions between doctors and their patients and potentially violating patient privacy laws. Doctors say this is not typical protocol for any patients, including those brought in by local police or sheriff’s deputies.

https://laist.com/news/politics/boyle-heights-hospital-ice-agents-patient-care-privacy-rights

#ICE #LosAngeles #BoyleHeights #AdventistHealth #WhiteMemorialHospital #Medicine

CPH Daily Bulletin 10/7/2025

With #BoyleHeights left in the dark, LA leaders urge Newsom to sign copper wire theft bill

https://boyleheightsbeat.com/jurado-da-state-leaders-urge-newsom-sign-copper-wire-theft-bill-into-law/

#California #Crime

CPH Daily Bulletin 9/26/2025

#BoyleHeights Neighborhood Council is fully operational again — and so are community grants

https://boyleheightsbeat.com/boyle-heights-neighborhood-council-exits-exhaustive-efforts/

#NeighborhoodCouncil #LosAngeles