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Tulane opens flagship community health center

The renovated, 11,000-square-foot center at 711 N. Broad St. in Mid-City New Orleans offers high-quality, cost-effective health care to residents, whether they have insurance or not.

fertel dedication
At the ceremony, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, left, and Tulane President Scott Cowen said the new center symbolizes a renaissance in neighborhood-based health care that Tulane helped begin after Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)

June 8, 2012

Keith Brannon
kbrannon@tulane.edu

Tulane University officials gathered with donors and supporters on Thursday (June 7) to dedicate the Ruth U. Fertel/Tulane Community Health Center and Brinton Family Health & Healing Center, a neighborhood-based healthcare facility built from an iconic Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. More...

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