- ADVERTISEMENT - After nearly three years, the Community Hospital Long Beach emergency department opened at noon today, marking a crucial turning point for the facility, operator Molina, Wu, Network announced. Community, the only hospital in East Long Beach, was shuttered close to three years ago by its former operator over seismic safety concerns, which the new owner must still resolve. State officials on April 29 gave the facility permission to now accept walk-in patients for the first time since being shuttered in summer 2018. The emergency department reopened with 20 beds, new medical equipment, a revamped facade, a redesigned lobby, new furniture and a new electronic patient tracking system, according to the announcement.