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Baton Rouge – The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has developed a management plan in anticipation of the hatching of mosquitoes and flies due to the massive flooding in the area. Mosquito control is needed to protect public health from nuisances and diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, as well as flies.
Baton Rouge – The State of Louisiana has established the national Find Family Call Center at 1-866-326-9393. This toll-free number has been established as an information and support resource for individuals and families who believe they have a family member who may have perished due to the hurricane.
Baton Rouge – The Department of Health and Hospitals announced 19 new West Nile cases today.
Baton Rouge – State health officials have issued an update to conditions of water systems in Southeast Louisiana that were seriously impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Boil orders have been lifted for some parish water systems. The boil orders, which were issued after a loss of pressure occurred in those systems, have been lifted since testing showed the water does not contain unsafe levels of bacteria and is safe to drink and use.
Updated Number of Deceased Victims Resulting from Hurricane Katrina The state made its first official deaths report yesterday.
Baton Rouge – Medicaid offices in Livingston, Lafourche Tangipahoa and Terrebonne parishes will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. All employees are expected to return to work.
Although outbreaks of infectious diseases such as typhoid and cholera are unlikely to occur after a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Health and Hospitals wishes to offer tips on treating an ailment that is likely to occur: stomach illness.
Baton Rouge – State health officials have issued an update to conditions of water systems in Southeast Louisiana that were seriously impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Boil orders have been lifted for some parish water systems. The boil orders, which were issued after a loss of pressure occurred in those systems, have been lifted since testing showed the water does not contain unsafe levels of bacteria and is safe to drink and use.
Baton Rouge – The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announces that Med Job Louisiana, the state’s free physician recruitment program, has expanded services to act as the primary source for health care providers affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Baton Rouge – The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announces that Med Job Louisiana, the state’s free physician recruitment program, has expanded services to act as the primary source for health care providers affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Baton Rouge – The Department of Health and Hospitals would like to remind citizens that although the outbreak of infectious diseases may be a frightening prospect, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, widespread outbreaks of infectious disease after hurricanes are not common in the United States. Outbreaks of rare and deadly diseases do not suddenly occur after hurricanes and floods in areas where such diseases do not naturally occur.
Families and friends seeking information on patients and staff evacuated from New Orleans-area hospitals need to call the Louisiana Hospital Association at 225-928-0026 or go online www.lhaonline.org to submit an inquiry regarding a patient evacuated from a facility during the hurricane.