(AP) — LSU’s public hospital in New Orleans is on the chopping block, to cope with budget cuts proposed by Gov. Bobby Jindal for next year. The New Orleans hospital would bear the brunt of the reduction to the seven public hospitals in south Louisiana that make up the LSU Health Care Services Division. Gov. Bobby Jindal proposes a $911 million budget for the division in the new fiscal year that begins July 1. That’s $25 million less than what the hospitals expect to spend this year, and LSU proposes cutting $24 million from its hospital in N.O.
New Orleans public hospital facing cuts
By The Associated Press
April 14, 2009