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Baton Rouge Area Nurses Receive Disaster Training to Care for Ill Patients
For the next two days, nurses from around the area will practice fundamentals to care for Louisiana’s chronically ill residents in a disaster situation.
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East Jefferson Parish Medicaid Office to Reopen
In an effort to resume services in Hurricane Katrina-impacted areas, the Department of Health and Hospitals is reopening a Medicaid office in Metairie on Monday, Sept. 11.
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State Reports 27 More West Nile Cases
The Department of Health and Hospitals today confirms 27 new human cases of West Nile virus, giving Louisiana a total of 102 cases thus far in 2006.
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Nursing Homes' Emergency Preparedness Plans In Compliance
The Department of Health and Hospitals has been working with nursing homes in the most vulnerable areas of the state to ensure they will be ready to respond if another emergency like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita occurs.
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Nurses Receive Disaster Training to Care for Ill Patients
Tomorrow, nurses from around the area will practice fundamentals to care for Louisiana’s chronically ill residents in a disaster situation.
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Oyster Transplant Permits Available
Louisiana oyster harvesters now can be permitted to move oysters from the public seed grounds located southwest of Point Au Fer and the South Point area and transplant them to private leases for later harvest.
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Census Shows Fewer Uninsured Children in Louisiana
The United States Census Bureau released updated data for 2005 last week showing the percentage of uninsured children in Louisiana is below the national average.
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New Medical Director Hired for Florida Parishes Area
The Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health has hired Dr. Parham Jaberi as the medical director for DHH-OPH Region 9.
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Annual Meeting to Honor Health Care Recovery
The Department of Health and Hospitals’ Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health (Bureau) will host its third annual meeting and education event on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 at the West Baton Rouge Conference Center at 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Nineteen New West Nile Cases Reported
The Department of Health and Hospitals today confirms 19 new human cases of West Nile virus, giving Louisiana a total of 48 cases thus far in 2006.
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State Departments to Sample, Test Seafood from Calcasieu Estuary
The Louisiana Departments of Environmental Quality, Health and Hospitals and Wildlife and Fisheries have developed a seafood sampling plan for the areas of Calcasieu Estuary affected by the June 19, 2006, oil spill.
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PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE: Louisiana Health Care Redesign Collaborative
Louisiana Health Care REDESIGN COLLABORATIVE Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.