CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 16, 1997 | PENNY AREVALO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Salick Specialty Hospital that opened last year in the onetime Westlake Medical Center should not be affected by the recent decision to oust the firm's namesake founder, except that it could bring a competing cancer center to the region, officials said. Dr. Bernard Salick, unexpectedly booted last week by the British firm that purchased Salick Health Care Inc., is now eyeing the Westlake area as a potential site for one of many new cancer centers he hopes to open, his lawyer said Tuesday.