[StBernard] Deal struck to build first new St. Bernard hospital since Katrina

[Westley Annis]

Deal struck to build first new St. Bernard hospital since Katrina

01:27 PM CDT on Friday, June 6, 2008

wwltv.com 

A deal has been struck to build the first hospital in St. Bernard Parish
since Hurricane Katrina. 


St. Bernard Parish Hospital Service District has signed a contract with the
Hammes Company, a healthcare facilities developer, to plan, design and build
St. Bernard Parish Hospital. 

The hospital, according to officials at Hammes, will be a 40-bed facility
located on a greenfield site in Chalmette to replace the 200-bed Chalmette
Medical Center, which was razed post-Katrina. 


For the past two and a half years, the parish residents have had to visit a
temporary clinic in a vacant Wal-Mart parking lot for medical issues.   


The completion date for the hospital is 2010, according to Hammes officials.