Mayor Expresses Support For Mid-City Hospital
Business & Economy, Health, Louisiana/GulfCoast, Recovery
June 19th, 2011
WDSU.com
Vitter, Others Suggest Scaling Back Project
Flanked by dozens of people from the business, medical and political community, Mayor Mitch Landrieu publicly reaffirmed his support Thursday of a new state-of-the-art teaching and research hospital in Mid-City.
The plans for the LSU/Veternas Affairs hospital have come under scrutiny as of late as U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and other state lawmakers have publicly urged the governor to scale back the plans for the hospital.
The concerns are that it’s not sustainable, the $1.2 billion price tag is too expensive and all the financing is not in place.
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