April 3, 2023

Terrebonne General Health System received a $75,000 donation from The Foundation for Terrebonne General to purchase a mobile care clinic. This state-of-the-art mobile care clinic will assist Terrebonne General in providing health and wellness services to the Bayou Region, especially in low-lying areas with limited healthcare access.

April 3, 2023

DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC), which operates 11 health centers throughout metro New Orleans, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new health center located in Harvey, La., on April 6th at 10 a.m.

Comprising 9,400 square feet at a cost of $4.2 million, it is located at 1629 Westbank Expressway, Suite A (next to Texas Roadhouse). Several political officials and community leaders are expected to participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony. The general public is invited to attend.

March 27, 2023

Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) and Ochsner Health welcomed Claire Chitwood as divisional chief operating officer in January. Chitwood supports both Slidell Memorial Hospital and Ochsner Medical Center – North Shore.

March 27, 2023

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded an up to $16 million contract to Tulane University to bring to phase one clinical trial a nasal spray vaccine university researchers invented to thwart antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a leading cause of pneumonia. 

March 27, 2023

Terrebonne General | Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announced that Rockne Hymel, III, MD, has joined Terrebonne General | Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center as its newest radiation oncologist. Hymel has been treating various types of cancer patients in the Baton Rouge area for several years.