LSU Returns to New Orleans

Louisiana State University has reopened its University Hospital in New Orleans on a limited basis, marking the post-Katrina return of LSU residents and staff to the city.

The Hospital's emergency room, intensive care unit, and a restricted number of general medical care beds were scheduled to back in operation. 85 of the Hospital's orginal 575 beds are available.

LSU's hospital system is working with U.S. federal authorities to rebuild New Orlean's health care system. University Hospital will be the only training hospital in New Orleans until a new facility is build to replace Charity Hospital. Spokesmen for LSU's Health Care Services Division caution that a new facility is still years away, and that funds still need to be secured for the project. If and when a new training hospital is built, University Hospital will probably be turned over for clinical research.

Source: "Scaled Back Hospital Reopens," by Kate Moran, the Times-Picayune (New Orleans), November 17, 2006