Lindy Boggs Medical Center

Lindy Boggs Medical Center
Lindy Boggs Medical Center
Tenet Healthcare
	Lindy Boggs Medical Center, 2007
Geography
Location	301 N. Jefferson Davis Pky, Mid-City New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Organization
Network	Tenet Louisiana HealthSystem
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	187
History
Opened	1920's
Closed	August 2005
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Louisiana

Lindy Boggs Medical Center, formerly known as Mercy Hospital and also known as Lindy Boggs Hospital or Lindy Boggs, is a now-abandoned 187-bed acute care hospital operated by Tenet Healthcare located in Mid-City New Orleans, Louisiana. The hospital provided many services, including emergency care, critical care, and organ transplantation services.

History

Mercy Hospital was founded in the 1920s. In the 1990s, Mercy Hospital merged with Southern Baptist Hospital, and the two hospitals operated together as Mercy-Baptist Medical Center. The hospital was subsequently acquired by Tenet Healthcare and renamed Lindy Boggs Medical Center in honor of Democratic Congresswoman and Ambassador Lindy Boggs.

Hurricane Katrina

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the hospital was at full census. Many employees' and patients' families decided to take shelter at the facility as well, thinking that they would be safer and more comfortable. When the levee system failed, however, many persons found themselves trapped in the facility with no way out. Many patients, especially those recovering from risky organ transplantation procedures, were not able to be given the medicines they needed most and, since both the power and the generators had failed, were without vital services such as mechanical ventilation and cardiac monitoring. A major evacuation effort took place and, thanks to the initiative and hard work of both the hospital staff and the rescue workers, mostly everyone was able to be rescued.

Since Hurricane Katrina forced the facility to close, Mid-City New Orleans has been without vital health care services, including an emergency department.

The ramp leading to the Emergency Department Entrance as seen in 2007

Future

Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the facility has been abandoned. Tenet Healthcare has since sold the facility to developers, who plan to demolish the hospital in order to build a shopping mall. However, these plans later fell through.

St. Margaret's Daughters, a Catholic non-profit organization, recently announced plans to purchase the facility in order to turn it into a nursing home and health services provider. The first phase of St. Margaret's is expected to open in late 2011 or early 2012.

As of August 2016 , almost 11 years after Hurricane Katrina no form of redevelopment has occur at the facility grounds and it still remains vacant in public view.

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