Where was the 'hospital to the stars?'
Published in Daily Trivia
In the 1990's, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was the unofficial "hospital to the stars." All 850 rooms at the center were private, and the 16 deluxe rooms on the hospital's 8th floor cost $1,324 per night in 1994. The deluxe rooms were not ornate, and resembled nice-but-average hotel rooms. Part of the high price ticket was the special menu for the 8th-floor patients, which included such gastronomic delights as lobster tails and salmon steaks, and, subject to doctor's approval, wine with meals. Prices for the smaller rooms on the other floors started at $864 a night, and for an additional $129 per day, included the same upscale menu offered to those on the 8th floor. The hospital has a respected reputation for its excellent medical care, which includes a 24-hour cancer treatment center set in an atrium, while providing the security needed by celebrities. Entertainers who had been treated at Cedars-Sinai included Lucille Ball, Annette Bening, George Burns, James Garner, Billy Idol, Michael Landon, and Martha Raye. Cedars-Sinai also gave free care to indigent patients, at a cost to the hospital of more than $14 million a year.
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