Doctors and healthcare workers rallied in New Orleans in an attempt to stop a plan that would shut Charity Hospital. Opponents say the damage the hospital suffered is nowhere near as extensive as officials say it is. Louisiana State University and the VA have developed a plan that calls for the old facility to be replaced by a medical center that would be jointly operated by the university and the government.
- see this article [1] from the Houston Chronicle
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[1] http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/3748921.html