Rural hospitals struggle to care for patients amid coronavirus surge
Rural hospitals struggle to care for patients amid coronavirus surge By Breanne Bizette | January 15, 2021 at 4:25 PM CST - Updated January 15 at 6:18 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Hospitals in rural areas are struggling to care for patients as more are coming into the hospital.
Hospitals such as West Feliciana Hospital may not always have the proper tools to take care of patients long term and are transferred to larger hospitals like Our Lady of the Lake or Baton Rouge General.
Due to recent increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations, urban hospitals are having to turn transfer patients away.
Three West Feliciana High School senior athletes recently signed letters of intent to play sport at the college level.
Braden Corkern signed with Baton Rouge Community College to play baseball. Elise Lamartiniere will move on to Louisiana College to play softball. Abbi Tycer will compete at Millsaps College in softball.
âWe are so proud to have these student-athletes represent the West Feliciana athletic department as they move on to compete at the college level,â Athletic Director Shelley Genre said. âTheir dedication and hard work within the program have produced some very exciting opportunities, and we wish them the best of luck. Go Saints.â
Even before the coronavirus pandemic and the economic recession it triggered happened, the Baton Rouge metro area was reporting a reduction in the gross domestic product, bucking a statewide trend.Â
The nine-parish region lost $910 million in GDP since 2016, coming in at $52.8 billion in 2019, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Commerce s Bureau of Economic Analysis. By contrast, Louisiana grew its GDP to $239 billion last year, up from $225 billion in 2016. The GDP is defined as the total value of all goods and services produced in a market.Â
East Baton Rouge Parish in saw its gross domestic product fall to $36.1 billion, a decline of $1.7 billion during the same time frame.Â
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ST. FRANCISVILLE – A former politician was booked into jail again on charges of carnal knowledge of a juvenile in an ongoing investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior.
David Opperman was arrested Monday, WBRZ learned. Bond was set at $50,000. If he is released, Opperman will be required to wear an ankle monitor.
The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office is handling the case, sources told WBRZ Chief Investigator Chris Nakamoto. AG prosecutors were also handling another case where Opperman was indicted in October.
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