The South Hoover Hospital: A Forgotten South LA Institution

[@mexmauser8806]

Amazing video! I was born there in 1967, on my birth certificate states South Hoover Hospital.

[@smunilla74]

Thank you for making this video, I was born here back in 74.

[@SouthLARecap]

Absolutely. I’m really glad it was helpful for you

[@yumikowhitaker1886]

Excellent reporting! Thank you!

[@marlenearroyo7347]

My older brother and me were born there in 1975 & 78. The doctor that gave birth to us was Curlee Ross, M.D. We still have a picture of the doctor and the hospital outside.

[@angusorvid8840]

I live in South L.A. and have been by Hoover Hospital more times than I can count, as recently as a week ago.

[@AyesheIsAlwaysLovely]

It’s open?

[@paulabrown-mcadams1640]

Another tragedy of South LA. Thank you for another informative and investigative reporting!

[@ev1836]

Just found your channel. Love your extensive research and the old news articles from 100 years ago. Very insightful.

[@Frank_E.]

I wonder if anyone famous was born there?? Thank you for the excellent reporting! 👍

[@danielvirgen3897]

Amazing video. I was born there in 1978 and Dr. Pilson is the doctor listed on my birth certificate.

[@SouthLARecap]

That’s so cool! I just posted this video on TikTok, and there were a flood of people who also shared they were born there. It’s so cool to see this shared community and identity across so many people. Did you ever go back as a kid?

[@danielvirgen3897]

@SouthLARecap going to visit my mom tomorrow and going to ask her about this place.

[@mikeapolinar16]

December 24th 1965 for me

[@Rick8202663]

I was born there in Oct of 67, i got the BC to prove it. My grandmother was Dr. Pilson's nurse.

[@SouthLARecap]

Did you grandmother tell you any stories about the hospital? Feel free to share any memories here

[@toniwilliams2275]

This was a great video.

[@californiography]

Another great video! Always amazed at the quality of your research, bro!

[@SouthLARecap]

Thanks, man. I really appreciate it. Stories like these are hard to research, but they can help push your skills to the next level. I looked everywhere I could!

[@emmel4fun]

I was born there in October of 1966. I always thought the hospital had been demolished. I'm sure I've passed by there and never realized that was it. I wish there were photos available of it's heyday.

[@HYPERPANTHER]

This was a really great video on some random building that looks like so many along that stretch. Creates a bit of a sense of longing and loss. Incidentally, streetviewing the area. the building kitty corner looks it's had some interesting recent history at least.

[@SouthLARecap]

I just took a look on Google Maps. I vaguely remember those silhouettes on that building over a decade ago. That’s something else. But you’re right about the buildings. Structures along this stretch of Hoover look like they have no purpose outside of blight, but just going back 30 or 40 years depicts a use that is almost unreal in today’s world.

[@ksmith2809]

Can you do a video on Morningside Hospital?

[@rhondawise869]

Another GREAT STORY!!!

[@SouthLARecap]

Thanks so much, Rhonda!

[@thecandidframe]

Another excellent video.

[@SouthLARecap]

Thanks, Ibarionex!

[@michkwhite]

Great reporting, I was born at the hospital in 1953. While searching for information regarding the history, I found this video. Thanks for the update and the history unknown to me! Michael

[@SouthLARecap]

@@michkwhite Glad my storytelling has been of use to you. I’m happy to do it!

[@keishandadunlap3200]

It’ll be an apartment building soon…

[@IHCOYT]

Thanks for making this interesting video. I wonder if those parents ever would’ve been willing to take a DNA test because maybe the baby was replaced?

[@SouthLARecap]

Funny enough, in one newspaper article, the judges ordered the doctors to compare the footprints of the baby in their possession compared to the ones taken at birth. But the original foot prints were two blurred and weren’t able to confirm the baby. Luckily a settlement did just fine for the Hardwigs….😂😂😂

[@angierodriguez1599]

I have original pictures of the doctor that delivered me in 1972 holding me in his arms and standing outside. Black & White picture of Hoover Hospital East Los Angeles ❤❤❤❤❤.

[@emmel4fun]

Was that a different hospital?

[@squeeze511]

Born there 1971