By Anonymous The Louisiana Hospital Association issued the following update about Hurricane Gustav-affected facilities as of Friday afternoon. The only hospital that remains closed from the storm is Leonard J. Chabert Medical center in Houma.

By Jacobs, David WILLIAM CLARK JR. Medical director, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals; regional medical director, C&M Medical Services, 34 Several years ago, Dr. William Clark came home from a night shift at 6 a.m.

By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON A site will be selected within two months for a new $300 million Baton Rouge public hospital and trauma center, LSU System President William Jenkins assured lawmakers Friday.

By Clark, Steve DR. George Karam says if any Baton Rouge business firm were to attract a sizeable pool of talented young professionals in high- paying occupations, the event would be heralded, trumpeted, touted, toasted, boasted and bragged about from one end of town to the other.

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) announced today that a subsidiary has acquired Lincoln General Hospital, a 157 bed acute care hospital located in Ruston, Louisiana.