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Ochsner Children’s Expands Pediatric Heart Program
Ochsner Children’s is entering a new phase of growth in its pediatric cardiology and heart surgery program, marked by the addition of specialized physicians across cardiac surgery, cardiology, and intensive care. As part of this growth, the program is expanding its surgical team with the hiring of Dilip Nath,...
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North Oaks Adds 16 Physicians to Residency Program
HAMMOND, La. – North Oaks Health has welcomed sixteen physicians in training to North Oaks Medical Center’s Graduate Medical Education program, according to the health system’s Vice President and Designated Institutional Official, Saleta Costanza. Eight physicians have joined the GME program’s internal medicine residency—now in its third...
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New Orleans East Hospital Announces New Behavioral Health Unit, Expanding LCMC Health’s Behavioral Health Services
As Louisiana continues to face one of the nation's most significant shortages of mental health services, LCMC Health has broken ground on a major expansion of behavioral health care at New Orleans East Hospital, bringing much-needed inpatient psychiatric services closer to residents of eastern New Orleans. The June 16 groundbreaking...
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Psych Care Makes A Comeback: Inpatient Mental Health Returns To New Orleans East Hospital
LCMC Health has started construction on a new inpatient behavioral health unit at New Orleans East Hospital, bringing inpatient psychiatric care back to the campus for the first time since the hospital opened in 2014. Hospital leaders say the project is meant to expand treatment options for people in crisis and keep that care closer to neighborhoods on the city’s east side.
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NCVH Conference Draws 1,400 to New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS – The 27th Annual New Cardiovascular Horizons (NCVH) Conference, held May 26–29 at The Roosevelt Hotel, brought 1,400 medical professionals of all specialties from around the world to New Orleans to collaborate and share education on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The conference highlighted...
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Groundbreaking Marks New Orleans East Hospital Expansion
NEW ORLEANS – On June 16, LCMC Health celebrated the groundbreaking of a major behavioral health expansion at New Orleans East Hospital (NOEH), marking a significant investment in mental healthcare access for residents of New Orleans East, Gentilly, the Lower 9th Ward and neighboring communities. The project will create...
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Blighted Mid-City hospital to be torn down soon after decades empty
NEW ORLEANS — After sitting vacant for nearly two decades, the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center is one step closer to coming down. City leaders say demolition of the long-abandoned hospital site in Mid-City is expected to begin in July, marking a significant milestone in redevelopment efforts that have stalled under multiple administrations since Hurricane Katrina.
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Streetlights to be turned off in three St. Tammany communities following May 16 election results
After St. Tammany Parish voters rejected three lighting district propositions on the May 16 ballot, public streetlights in three districts will be turned off, St. Tammany Parish officials announced Thursday.
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Miller campaigning for renewal of millage that helps fund parish health units
Stunned by a surprising defeat of a millage renewal proposal in November, Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller and his staff are aggressively taking their message directly to the voters ahead of the June 27 election. Voters rejected the Health Unit millage renewal on November 15 by a narrow 52% to...
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Hispanic Chamber to Host Healthcare Innovation Summit
NEW ORLEANS — The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana has announced its upcoming 2026 Healthcare, Technology & Innovation Summit. This event will take place on June 24 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at Common House New Orleans, bringing together healthcare professionals, technology leaders, innovators, and business executives to explore the rapidly evolving intersection of healthcare and technology.
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Ochsner strikes deal to base medical helicopter in McComb
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — The Ochsner Health System of New Orleans has an agreement with Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center to have a helicopter stationed in McComb to transport critically ill patients. Southwest administrator Norman Price tells the Enterprise-Journal the agreement takes effect early next year. Ochsner has had...