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Editorial: Don't delay new hospital
NEW ORLEANS – Nov. 21, 2009 – A Louisiana panel looking for ways to trim the state budget recommended that a study be done to evaluate the cost of building a teaching hospital in lower Mid-City versus gutting and rehabilitating Charity Hospital, but that's not a smart step.
Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis, who is a member of the commission for streamlining government, pointed out that the issue already has been analyzed at length.
State officials have concluded that it would cost more to transform the old Charity building into a state-of-the-art medical facility than to build a new one, she said. Preservationists point to another study showing that rehabbing would be less costly, but at some point, it doesn't make sense to keep ordering more reviews.
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