Katrina Coverage

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The LSU official in charge of the state's charity hospital system says it would cost $258 million to repair Charity Hospital and $395 million to replace it.
Don Smithburg, chief executive officer of the Louisiana State University Health Care Systems Division, told the LSU Board of Supervisors on Friday that federal guidelines call for replacing a building if repair costs would be more than half replacement costs.
For Charity, south Louisiana's only trauma center which was shut down by Hurricane Katrina, repairs would cost 65 percent of the replacement costs.
It would be an even higher percentage -- 68 percent -- for University Hospital: $172 million to replace it and $117.5 million to fix, he said.