Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
During the press conference, Ochsner LSU Health announced that it will be launching a new affiliation with DeSoto Regional Health System this Thursday, July 1st.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Shreveport TimesThe new expansion project also expands upon women’s services, which includes 23 new mother/baby rooms and 15 new NICU beds. Three out of the six floors will be white-walled in anticipation of future growth, which would include three additional 24-bed units(72 beds).
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Developing LafayetteByron Bolanos, a respiratory therapist who has been with Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport for 22 years, has taken care of many COVID-19 patients in the last year. On February 1 of this year, he himself became a patient admitted with COVID-19. A couple weeks later he was put on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygen), becoming the system’s longest duration of a COVID patient needing ECMO.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON KTBSOn Monday, Ochsner Health began enrolling children five and under for its Pfizer vaccine trials.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WDSUThis episode features Kim Keene, CEO of St. Bernard Parish Hospital at Ochsner Health System. Here, she discusses her career journey, her thoughts on strategy, and more.
On and off the liver donor list from early 2018 leading up to her surgery in October 2020 was complicated and emotional.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Clarion Ledger"The stats say that 60% of men do not regularly see an annual physician for any reason," Marlon Joseph, MD, an internal medicine specialist at Ochsner, said.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WDSUAccording to the U.S. News & World Report, Ochsner Hospital for Children is currently number one in Louisiana in the new Best Children’s Hospitals for 2021. A total of 22 rankings were published in the report.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON BR Proud“This move allows us to expand our access to high-quality health care in the communities we serve for generations to come,” said Larkin Kennedy, CEO of Rush Health Systems, at a press conference.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Meridian StarStarting Thursday, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be offered to all eligible individuals at the airport on the first floor baggage claim level between doors 2 and 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.
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