Linda Vista Community Hospital, originally called the Santa Fe Railroad
Hospital and Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital, is a former hospital at
610-30 South St. Louis Street in Los Angeles, California, United States,
in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. By the late 1970s, the railroad hospital association facilities were
experiencing declining use, as more railroad workers began to use
conventional medical-insurance policies. The area surrounding the
hospital also became a less-affluent area and hospital funding was
affected. According to a California Health Law News report, when Linda
Vista tried to reduce operational expenses in response, the hospital was
blamed for an increase in facility death rates. During that time
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