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• One day after opening, Mid City testing center now out of coronavirus kits Play Video

  March 16, 2020 11:57 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The drive-thru testing center at the former Mid City ER is currently out of coronavirus testing kits after opening on Monday. The mayor's office announced Tuesday afternoon that nearly 400 people had been tested by doctor referral in the first two days of the center opening.... more »

• North Baton Rouge emergency room meets yearly projections in six months Play Video

  May 23, 2018 7:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The North Baton Rouge Emergency Room, run as a public-private partnership with Our Lady of the Lake Hospital and the state, has met its yearly estimate of patients it projected to see in the first six months. When the emergency room opened in November, officials said they expected... more »

• Fighting the flu from inside the hospital Play Video

  January 9, 2018 7:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - This year's flu season is proving to be a deadly one. Five people have died since November at Our Lady of the Lake hospital, and 11 more patients are in the ICU with the flu Tuesday. Last week alone, more than 1,000 patients were tested for... more »

• North Baton Rouge specialty hospital closing

  July 13, 2017 2:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The specialty surgical hospital many in North Baton Rouge hoped would help echo more health care into the community there is closing. Champion Medical Center will shut down; it's parent company said the closure will occur relativity quickly. Champion has been open for almost four years... more »

• Our Lady of the Lake breaks ground on new emergency room in North Baton Rouge Play Video

  January 31, 2017 11:23 AM

  BATON ROUGE – Our Lady of the Lake officials and community leaders broke ground on a new emergency room in North Baton Rouge on Tuesday morning. The emergency room is expected to open in October 2017. The facility will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week... more »

• Governor Edwards announces ER in north BR, Council member slams plans

  September 21, 2016 3:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Governor John Bel Edwards detailed Wednesday on Our Lady of the Lake’s plans to bring a new emergency room to north Baton Rouge. The new emergency room is set to be built at the LSU Health Baton Rouge North Clinic on Airline Highway. OLOL plans to... more »

• OLOL to add ER to LSU Urgent Care Center in north BR

  September 16, 2016 2:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Our Lady of the Lake hospital has reached a deal to add an emergency room to the LSU Health North Urgent Care Center on Airline Highway. The emergency room will be an extension of the hospital's main campus emergency room and will be staffed by emergency physicians... more »

• Blogger kicked out of Metro Council during NBR healthcare discussion Play Video

  May 25, 2016 7:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A popular community blogger was escorted out of the Metro Council meeting Wednesday afternoon during a heated debate over a plan to bring emergency health services back to North Baton Rouge. Watch the exchange between Metro Councilman Chandler Loupe and Gary Chambers here: #WATCH... more »

• "Medical village" could help North Baton Rouge Play Video

  May 18, 2016 8:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Community activist group Together Baton Rouge wants to create a medical complex in the northern part of the city. They call it a "medical village" where doctors and social workers can set up private practices in subsidized office space. The plan would require a property owner to... more »

• Investors meet to discuss emergency room in North Baton Rouge Play Video

  April 28, 2016 11:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Investors met with the #NBRNOW Blue Ribbon Commission Thursday to discuss building an emergency room in North Baton Rouge. Leaders of the healthcare company Next Health said if the money is there, they will waste no time building the new emergency room, and it could be... more »

• A year after Mid City ER closure, it's taking EMS longer to get patients to emergency care Play Video

  March 30, 2016 9:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Friday marks one year since the emergency room at Baton Rouge General Mid City closed its doors for the final time . Since then, it's taken EMS an average of 90 seconds longer to get patients to an emergency room. Some say they know firsthand that 90... more »

• Lawmaker wants to prove politicians are lying about Medicaid Play Video

  March 30, 2016 7:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE- State Senator Ryan Gatti is taking a bold step, he sponsoring a bill he actually opposes. The Bossier City Republican wants to steal the thunder from opportunistic politicians who like to blame Medicaid patients for Louisiana's budget woes. The freshman senator said he's tired of hearing rumors... more »

• BR General to 'reinvent' Mid-City hospital Play Video

  November 11, 2015 4:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Board members for Baton Rouge General's hospitals revealed plans Wednesday to change their Mid-City campus into a specialty center and further develop empty land around their Bluebonnet Campus. The plans call for BRG Mid-City to focus on caring for the elderly, those with behavioral issues or... more »