Here's the press release about the medical building near Touro Infirmary. It's great news!
Renovation Begins on New LSU Clinical Offices
9/15/2010
Media Contact:
Leslie Capo
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans
(504) 568-4806
lcapo@lsuhsc.edu
NEW ORLEANS (September 15, 2010) – Renovation of the former St. Charles General Hospital for the clinical practice of LSUHSC faculty will begin with a groundbreaking ceremony on September 15, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the green space next to the facility. Participants include Dr. John Lombardi, President of the LSU System, Dr. Larry Hollier, Chancellor of LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Jim Montgomery, President of Touro Infirmary, Steve Worley, President and CEO of Children’s Hospital and Louisiana Children’s Medical Center, Dr. Steve Nelson, Dean of the LSUHSC School of Medicine, and Dr. Cathi Fontenot, Interim CEO of the LSU Healthcare Network.
The 7-floor, 70,000 square-foot facility will house 95 exam rooms and 15 procedure rooms for the primary care faculty, specialists, and sub-specialists of LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’s schools of medicine, dentistry, and allied health professions. Specialties include OB/GYN, Comprehensive Medicine, Oncology, Psychiatry, Surgery, Neurology, Urology, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Podiatry, Family Medicine, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Rheumatology, Orthopaedics, Thoracic Surgery, Internal Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Immunology, Allergy, Pulmonary, Nephrology, Vascular Surgery, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, General Dentistry, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
“This is another step forward in rebuilding the health infrastructure in New Orleans,” notes Dr. Larry Hollier, LSUHSC Chancellor. “This facility will serve as the home of our faculty’s clinical practice so we can function as a true integrated multispecialty group. Patients will benefit from having a single point of contact for a broad array of academic medical, dental, and allied health specialties, and the neighborhood will enjoy a renovated, repurposed facility that will once again contribute to the health and economy of the area.”
The $7.8 million project will produce hundreds of local construction jobs.
“The renovation of the former St. Charles Hospital will transform the existing building into a state-of-the-art medical office facility and will offer convenient access to quality healthcare care for this community,” said Jim Montgomery, President of Touro Infirmary.
The estimated completion date for the renovation is September 2011.
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