<P> Coordinates : 29 ° 57 ′ 19 '' N 90 ° 04 ′ 41 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 29.955383 ° N 90.077957 ° W ﻿ / 29.955383 ; - 90.077957 Charity Hospital was one of two teaching hospitals which were part of the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans ( MCLNO ) , the other being University Hospital . Three weeks after the events of Hurricane Katrina , then Governor Kathleen Blanco said that Charity Hospital would not reopen as a functioning hospital . The Louisiana State University System , which owns the building , stated that it had no plans to reopen the hospital in its original location . It chose to incorporate Charity Hospital into the city 's new medical center in the lower Mid-City neighborhood . The new hospital completed in August 2015 was named University Medical Center New Orleans . </P>
<P> Coordinates : 29 ° 57 ′ 19 '' N 90 ° 04 ′ 41 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 29.955383 ° N 90.077957 ° W ﻿ / 29.955383 ; - 90.077957 Charity Hospital was one of two teaching hospitals which were part of the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans ( MCLNO ) , the other being University Hospital . Three weeks after the events of Hurricane Katrina , then Governor Kathleen Blanco said that Charity Hospital would not reopen as a functioning hospital . The Louisiana State University System , which owns the building , stated that it had no plans to reopen the hospital in its original location . It chose to incorporate Charity Hospital into the city 's new medical center in the lower Mid-City neighborhood . The new hospital completed in August 2015 was named University Medical Center New Orleans . </P>
why did charity hospital in new orleans close
why did charity hospital in new orleans close
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina