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The New Orleans Naval Hospital Should Be Closed and Alternative Uses Evaluated

HRD-78-71 Published: May 15, 1978. Publicly Released: May 15, 1978.
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The Naval Regional Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 250-bed general medical and surgical hospital which was built to serve the health care needs of active duty personnel and other military beneficiaries in the area. New Orleans also has two other federal hospitals, the Public Health Service hospital and the Veterans Administration (VA) hospital. The New Orleans metropolitan area also has two medical schools and several regional, national, and international medical referral centers. In all, the area has 30 nonfederal hospitals and a total of 7,650 beds.

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