Tale of two hospitals

They are both public hospitals in low-income communities, where poor and uninsured residents line up for hours to see a doctor. Susan Abram in the Daily News.

And they are both in the middle of gang territory, where the patients frequently include victims of violence.

But that is the end of the similarities between Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar and King-Harbor Hospital in Willowbrook, according to officials, community leaders and even some patients.

"The difference is (Olive View) operates with positive political support," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, whose district includes the Sylmar facility,