"Reaction to forced relocation of long-term residents at Veterans Administration domiciliary"

In January 1972, after the results of a seismic survey determined extensive damage caused by the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, the Wadsworth Hospital, a building on the Veterans Administration site in West Los Angeles, was forced to relocate hundreds of seriously ill patients on short notice. To make room, long-term residents at the site's domiciliary would also need to be relocated. Two women who have been residents at the facility discuss their positive treatment at the hospital and that they understand the decision is being made for the safety of the veterans, but believe the government should have given greater advance notice that they would need to relocate.

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