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Our Lady Of The Lake Takeover Of LSU Student Health Center Pushed Back
It will take a month longer than planned for the new operator of LSU's student clinic to take over its services.
January 18, 2023
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Our Lady of the Lake takeover of LSU Student Health Center pushed back
By: Piper Hutchinson - January 18, 2023 6:36 pm
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Our Lady of the Lake, a Christian Healthcare Ministry, will assume management of the LSU Student Health Center in February 2023 (Piper Hutchinson / Louisiana Illuminator)
It will take a month longer than planned for the new operator of LSU’s student clinic to take over its services. A campus spokesman attributed the delay to the final approval needed from the LSU Board of Supervisors.
Cody Worsham with LSU confirmed Wednesday that Our Lady of the Lake will take over management of the Student Health Center most likely in February, rather than the previously announced January timeline. He did not provide an explanation on why the board hasn’t approved the deal yet.
Details on what will change when the Catholic health ministry takes over the clinic will be released after the LSU Board of Supervisors votes to approve the agreement, Worsham said. Campus administrators have yet to say whether reproductive health offerings at the health center, such as birth control and contraception, will be impacted.
The board is scheduled to meet next on Feb. 10 in Baton Rouge. Until the board votes, the LSU Student Health Center will remain under university management and no services will change, Worsham said.
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Piper Hutchinson is a reporter for the Louisiana Illuminator. She has covered the Legislature and state government extensively for the LSU Manship News Service and The Reveille, where she was named editor in chief for summer 2022.
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