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Joshua Blanchard is a paramedic and police officer for the Gretna EMS Division. His wife, Nicole, is a radiologic technologist at Ochsner Medical Center West Bank. Both husband and wife were activated as Team A for Hurricane Ida.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WDSUDr. Joseph Biggio from Ochsner Health joins to share tips on how to prepare.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WWL-TVSternlieb, a third-year Internal Medicine resident at Ochsner, finished her shift and returned to her apartment in the Garden District to ride out Hurricane Ida.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WVUEWGNO’s Bill Wood discovers these show business folks giving their blood. They’re donating at Ochsner Blood Bank. And just in time. During the pandemic. After Hurricane Ida, the need is big for blood. As always, the show must go on.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WGNOKathryn and Morgan Wampold evacuated their home in New Orleans and headed to her parents’ house in Shreveport right before Hurricane Ida hit. She was nearly eight months pregnant and they planned to return home on Thursday with plenty of time to settle back in and get ready for the baby’s arrival.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WGNOThe system currently has 386 COVID patients, less than half of the patients being cared for one month ago, 1,009. Though the numbers have declined dramatically, Ochsner says it realizes thousands of people are displaced, and testing/vaccines have been disrupted.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON KATCOchsner, a member of the AMA Health System Program, is collaborating with other health systems and other stakeholders—such as health plans, brokers and large employers—to provide high quality care that leads to better outcomes at lower cost.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationComing up on WDSU, Ellen DeGeneres surprised four Ochsner Baptist Hospital NICU nurses with an incredible donation! You can watch the episode only on WDSU at 3 p.m.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WDSULess than two weeks after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana, the Ochsner Community Health Brees Family Center at 5950 Bullard Avenue in New Orleans East opened its first connectivity hub, offering residents multiple ways to connect with Ochsner’s health care system online as they deal with impacts from the storm.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Biz New OrleansFor people who are at high risk for developing severe COVID-19 illness and have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, this promising mAb treatment has been shown to help prevent progression of the disease that might otherwise require hospitalization, according to a release by Ochsner Lafayette General.
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