Japanese Hospital

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LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY
BY YOS HIROSE
PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURA DOMINGUEZ

A pillar in its community for generations, the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights has its roots in the 1915 Turner Hospital. 

The facility opened in response to the often-deadly discrimination facing local Japanese Americans, who were consistently denied routine care by hospitals and medical professionals.  READ MORE