The Nov/Dec 2024 issue of Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge (or New Orleans), included full transcripts and in-depth coverage of the Louisiana House Select Committee on Homeland Security's COVID-19 oversight hearings, including testimony from Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, MD, and the committee’s questioning of the state’s healthcare COVID-19 response.
Representative Charles A. Owen, Vice Chairman of the committee, has released the committee's formal report: State Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Journal. The document outlines the committee’s findings, perspectives, and legislative recommendations — some of which may raise questions among healthcare leaders about their practicality and potential implications.
“As free people, we MUST communicate, especially with those with whom we don't agree on big issues,” Owens said. “Dialogue is important in this moment; the intent of this effort is to be better prepared if, God forbid, something like COVID happens again in our nation and in our state. Our hospital system of systems is critical to Louisiana, and please know I will do anything I can to help improve the operational framework for the system and for the people who work in our great hospitals.”
For readers who wish to revisit the committee’s original hearings, our Nov/Dec 2024 issue includes full transcripts and in-depth coverage. you can find the two stories covering the subject here and here.
Read the full HR133 Committee Report here.