Teche Regional Medical Center will keep serving the Morgan City area without interruption, but the company that operates the hospital will likely change, said an attorney for the hospital’s governing board.
The board of commissioners of St. Mary Parish Hospital Service District 2 met Wednesday in Morgan City.
LifePoint Health, a company based in Brentwood, Tennessee, operates Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City under a 40-year lease agreement with the hospital board.
“LifePoint has advised us that it is getting out of the health care market in Louisiana and in Morgan City,” said Nick LaRocca, an attorney who serves ...