- ADVERTISEMENT - The hospital’s emergency department reopened on May 12 after being shuttered in summer 2018 but Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services had not yet approved the facility to receive ambulances. “Now that Community Hospital has been designated as a 911 receiving hospital, we’re ready to care for any patient who comes through our doors,” hospital CEO Virg Narbutas said in an email. “In these moments, seconds matter and having CHLB’s emergency department available to the residents of the Long Beach will save lives.” The county notified operator Molina, Wu, Network of Community’s approval on May 19, according to hospital spokesperson Brandon Dowling. Monday was the first day the facility was allowed to receive patients via ambulance.