DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC), along with the Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots program, Total Community Action, United Healthcare, and the Alpha Beta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., is hosting a holiday toy and food giveaway at its DCHC Carrollton health center on Dec. 21.
The event will take place at 3201 South Carrollton Avenue from 10 a.m.-12 noon. Toys and food will be given away on a first come first served basis. Pre-registration is not required.
Thibodaux Regional Health System announced the addition of Russ Parks, MD, to the active medical staff. Parks has joined the practice of OrthoLA.
Louisiana Healthcare Connections has announced the award of $150,000 in grant funding to five community organizations supporting a wide variety of health initiatives within Louisiana communities throughout the state.
Community Health Grants from Louisiana Healthcare Connections fund nonprofits, healthcare providers, and schools addressing the health plan’s strategic priorities of social determinants of health, increasing access to preventive care, promoting health equity, and improving health outcomes in Louisiana.
The New Family Center at St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital has again been included on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Hospitals for Maternity Care for 2024-2025.
Acadian Air Med has announced that Maranda Granger is the company’s new chief flight nurse.
Granger holds 16 years of ICU and ER nursing experience and a background in education, along with Air Med operational knowledge. She joined Acadian Air Med as a registered nurse in October 2019. Since then, she has worked at multiple Air Med bases throughout the program, and has been a flight line supervisor for the past two years.
