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DR. STEVEN JONAS

PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONEY BROOK
STONEY BROOK, NEW YORK 11790

DEAR DR. JONAS:

AS THE CONGRESSMAN FOR THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
OF LOUISIANA, IN WHICH THE F. EDWARD HEBERT HOSPITAL IS
LOCATED, I AM EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE OF THIS
MAGNIFICENT FACILITY. IN MY CONTINUING PURSUIT OF THE BEST
HEALTH CARE FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, I WISH TO
ASK A FEW SHORT QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO THE PARAMETERS OF
YOUR STUDY OF THE F. EDWARD HEBERT HOSPITAL, WHICH IS NOW
IN PROGRESS.

ARE YOU STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF ACUTE CARE

I.
BEDS AT FEHH?

A. IF NOT, WHY NOT?

B. IF NOT, WOULD YOU COMMENT ON THE USE OF
HEBERT AS AN ACUTE CARE FACILITY?

11. ARE YOU OBJECTIVELY TESTING THE ASSUMPTION "THAT
THIS NAVAL FACILITY MIGHT SERVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC BETTER
IN SOME CAPACITY OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY
DESIGNED, AND THAT ITS USE AS AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL COULD
PROVE A DISSERVICE"?

A. IF SO, ARE YOU TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE
UNIQUE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF WEST BANK RESIDENTS AND
THE FACT THAT TOLLS WILL BE IMPOSED THIS SUMMER ON THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE?

B. WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF YOUR STUDIES IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT YOU MIGHT CONCLUDE THAT THIS HOSPITAL
WOULD BEST SERVE THE PUBLIC IF IT WERE USED AS AN
ACUTE CARE FACILITY, OR DO THE PARAMETERS OF THE STUDY
COMPLETELY PRECLUDE SUCH A FINDING?

I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ROBERT L. LIVINGSTON, M.C.

FIRST DISTRICT, LOUISIANA

130 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

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Thank you very much for your telegram of January 26, 1979 concerning the F. Edward Hebert Hospital in New Orleans, La. Your questions are certainly appropriate. I have referred them to the New Orleans Health Systems Agency which retained me as a consultant and defined the terms, conditions, and limitations of my work. I am certain that you will be hearing from them in due course.

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New Orleans Area / Bayou-River Health Systems Agency, Inc.

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700 Masonic Temple Building, 333 St. Charles Avenue⚫ New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone 504/581-6821

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I am in receipt of a copy of Dr. Steven Jonas' response letter to your
telegram dated January 26, 1979.

We, too, agree that the questions raised are appropriate and we are
pleased to give you a copy of our proposal for technical assistance to
the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The proposal to per-
form the study discusses your questions in detail.

other pieces of information:

I have enclosed two

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If after reading the proposal there are still questions, please feel
free to contact me directly.

Sincerely,

Jour Parelhand

Jessi Smallwood
Executive Director

Enclosures
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CC:

HSA Board of Directors

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DR. STEVEN JONAS

MAILGRAM

NEW ORLEANS AREA/BAYOU-RIVER HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY, INC.
333 ST. CHARLES AVENUE
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130

DEAR DR. JONAS:

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FEB. 6, 1979

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE OF FEBRUARY 1, 1979, TO MY TELEGRAM OF JANUARY 26, 1979. I REGRET THAT YOU WERE UNABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, INASMUCH AS THEY SOUGHT TO ELICIT THE OBJECTIVES OF YOUR CONTRACT WITH BAYOU RIVER HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY, INC., WHICH IS BEING PAID FOR WITH FEDERAL FUNDS. I DID NOT ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE KE WITH THE REASONS FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF YOUR CONTRACT, ONLY THAT YOU INTERPRET FOR ME YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION OF SAID CONTFACT.

THE FACT THAT FEDEPAL FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED PLACES THIS MATTER DIRECTLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CONGRESS, AND AS CONGRESSMAN OR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED PROPERLY. THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN FULFIL MY OBLIGATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MY CONSTITUENTS IS TO COMPEL YOU TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, EITHER INFORMELLY OR BEFORE A FORMAL CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU BY RETURN MAIL, I REMAIN

SINCERELY,

ROBERT L. LIVINGSTON
Member of Congress

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