BATON ROUGE AP) — LSU would have to close some of the 10 public hospitals it operates around the state under the worst-case scenario budget cuts being looked at by the Jindal administration.
That’s the assessment of Fred Cerise, LSU’s vice chancellor for health affairs and medical education, of the more than $58 million in cuts proposed for the charity hospitals.
Cerise wouldn’t say what hospitals would be on the closure list because he says the cuts remain uncertain.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration asked state agencies to propose how to reduce their spending next year, and each department was given a target cutting figure. But the figures don’t necessarily reflect what will be in the governor’s 2009-10 budget proposal.
