Post by Logan on Jan 13, 2017 7:34:36 GMT -6
Although LSU Health Shreveport is bracing for the possibility of more cuts to its budget, Dr. G.E. Ghali, the medical school's chancellor, said he'll do everything in his power to save the school's unique level 1 trauma center.
During a meeting Wednesday with various media outlets, Ghali outlined the situation the medical school could find itself in if the state legislature decides to cut funding more this year due to a shortfall in state revenue.
Ghali said the school could be forced to shutter certain departments to save crucial ones such as its trauma center, its St. Judes-affiliated cancer center and its state-of-the-art burn center.
"We don't have much left to cut (without sacrificing services)," he said.
Read more: www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2017/01/11/lsu-health-bracing-possibility-mid-year-cuts/96469562/
During a meeting Wednesday with various media outlets, Ghali outlined the situation the medical school could find itself in if the state legislature decides to cut funding more this year due to a shortfall in state revenue.
Ghali said the school could be forced to shutter certain departments to save crucial ones such as its trauma center, its St. Judes-affiliated cancer center and its state-of-the-art burn center.
"We don't have much left to cut (without sacrificing services)," he said.
Read more: www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2017/01/11/lsu-health-bracing-possibility-mid-year-cuts/96469562/