Article: VA, LSU to collaborate on $1.2 billion medical complex in New Orleans.(United States. Department of Veterans Affairs and Louisiana State University collaborates)(Brief article)

The Department of Veterans Affairs and Louisiana State University announced in mid-June their agreement to create a shared medical complex on a 37-acre tract of land in downtown New Orleans. Both VA and LSU operated hospitals in New Orleans that were destroyed last year by the floods spawned by Hurricane Katrina.

A four-month feasibility study recommended construction of two hospitals--one operated by VA, the other by LSU--joined by a "linking corridor" that would contain services used by both. Some potential areas for sharing include the energy plant, dietary, and housekeeping services, as well as ...

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