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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
The LSU
Board of Supervisors is expected to approve plans Monday morning to close Earl
K. Long Hospital, but staff and patients are not giving in without a fight.
The protest
comes after Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the closing of EKL next month. Patients
and some services would be moved to Our Lady of the Lake.
The
governor said the move will save the state $39 million a year, at the cost of
340 jobs.
State Rep.
Regina Barrow said the move isn't fair to the people who depend on the charity
hospital.
"What's
going to end up happening is that more patients will end up in the ER because
they are going to wait until they are in a desperate situation and they need
emergency or critical care and they will end up in the ER," Barrow explained.
If the LSU
board approves the changes, Earl K. Long would close on April 15. The governor
has said 90 percent of laid-off employees should be able to find jobs in the
private sector.
Earl K. Long Hospital
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