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Providers testified that financial distress resulted in patient harm. Nurses described searching every department mid-procedure for basic supplies. Equipment was repossessed, down to the coffee pots in the cafeteria. A patient died while waiting for transfer, resulting in the hospital’s third “immediate jeopardy” citation at the end of March, said Nicholas Gachassin, executive counsel at the Louisiana Department of Health.

Providers testified that financial distress resulted in patient harm. Nurses described searching every department mid-procedure for basic supplies. Equipment was repossessed, down to the coffee pots in the cafeteria. A patient died while waiting for transfer, resulting in the hospital’s third “immediate jeopardy” citation at the end of March, said Nicholas Gachassin, executive counsel at the Louisiana Department of Health.

The new facility will be located on Wood Street which is adjacent to the main hospital campus in downtown Monroe and will include state-of-the-art chillers, boilers, mechanical systems, piping, generators and a power grid. This $37.5 million critical infrastructure project will take approximately 20 months to complete and will be funded through St. Francis Medical Center's capital budget over the next two years.

St. Francis Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Thomas Gullatt said hospitals can quickly respond if the area experiences another COVID-19 surge.

St. Francis Medical Hospital is offering a cash incentive to employees who take the vaccine.