Terrebonne General Health System will begin offering the Super Sitters Club, babysitting classes for youth ages 11-15 who are interested in becoming a certified babysitter. Participants will learn first aid/CPR, leadership, business, safety skills, and basic childcare. The first series of classes begins on May 14.
The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has granted three-year accreditation to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Covington. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care.
The two leading providers of pediatric healthcare in Louisiana, Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health and Children’s Hospital New Orleans, announced that they have entered into a non-binding agreement to explore structures within which the organizations might work together in support of the children and families each serves.
A Letter of Intent that was signed recently states that the two systems will explore collaborating in the delivery of pediatric health services, with a uniform, elevated standard of care for the communities that the systems currently serve.
Children’s Hospital New Orleans welcomed Charles Hemenway, MD, a board-certified pediatric hematologist oncologist, as service line chief for its Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Hemenway will serve as clinical lead over the nationally recognized and newly renovated and expanded Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, which treats more than 1,100 children with cancer or blood disorders each year.
The Tangipahoa Parish Council has appointed John “Tree” Smith of Amite to the Board of Commissioners for Hood Memorial Hospital.
The council appointed Smith at its Feb. 14 meeting to fulfill the unexpired term of Dr. Arthur Mauterer, who resigned from the board for personal reasons. The current term will expire January 2024.
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