District dissonance: the Baton Rouge Health District becomes a lightning rod for controversy as critics decry a lack of health care options in north Baton Rouge

(Photo courtesy Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center) When the idea of creating a health district in south Baton Rouge was first floated in the city’s 2011 master plan for land use, FuturEBR, it seemed like a no-brainer. Encompassing two of the city’s three major hospitals, dozens of clinics and the Pennington Biomedical