St. Tammany Parish Hospital is Baby-Friendly!
Congratulations to St. Tammany Parish Hospital which received Baby-Friendly designation in October 2018! Baby-Friendly USA recognizes facilities that provide an optimal level of care for infant feeding and bonding between mother and baby. St. Tammany Parish Hospital is a Level III NICU, located in Covington, Louisiana. They delivered 1875 live births in 2017.
Forty nine percent of live births in Louisiana now occur in 16 Baby-Friendly birthing facilities. This is a significant increase from 2014 when only 2% of Louisiana babies were born in Baby-Friendly facilities.