(AP) — Notices of impending layoffs have gone out to employees of seven LSU public hospitals as system executives prepare to implement $29 million in Jindal administration budget cuts.
The Advocate reports the notice from hospital system chief executive officer Roxane Townsend says the layoffs would be effective March 5.
The notices are general in nature and do not specific how many jobs at each facility are on the chopping block.
But LSU System Vice President Fred Cerise said “it’s going to be hundreds across the