September 02, 2005 Hurricane Katrina #14 - - Services Available for Hemophilia PatientsServices Available for Hemophilia Patients

BATON ROUGE, Sep 02, 2005 -

Baton Rouge – The Department of Health and Hospitals—Office of Public Health and theLouisiana Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Center with Tulane University have made arrangements with the Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center in Houston, Texas to ensure that patients receive their blood clotting products when needed.

Caregivers and patients may call the following numbers for more information:

The Gulf States Center should be called directly for patients sheltered in Texas and any patients inLouisiana with a life or limb threatening bleeding episode requiring hospitalization.

For more information on the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina, visitwww.dhhemergencynews.com

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