The former Daily Advertiser building in Lafayette will be converted to house 100 exam rooms and the Ochsner Lafayette General’s UHC Internal Medicine.
Ochsner Lafayette General President and CEO Patrick Gandy and Marie Lukaszeski, OLG’s director of planning and design, spoke with Jan Swift of the Discover Lafayette podcast about that project and others updates with the hospital’s regional system.
You can listen to their conversation here.
The former Daily Advertiser building, 1100 Bertrand Drive, will be used to grow OLG's graduate medical education program to train physicians. The project is valued at $17.8 million.
OLG and Oceans Healthcare have formed a partnership to increase access to behavioral health services in Southwest Louisiana. Oceans is leading the development of a 120-bed hospital on Verot School Road that will operate under the name Ochsner Behavioral Health Acadiana and is expected to open in the first half of 2026.
OLG is also investing in training programs and has partnered with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to create an accelerated nursing degree program. Students with a completed bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing discipline will complete 70 hours of nursing course work and earn their BSN through a combination of teaching methodologies including didactic courses, clinical and lab experiences, and hybrid interactive learning courses, in just 15 months.
LSU Eunice, Ochsner Lafayette General and Acadiana Workforce Solutions have partnered to create a Respiratory Therapy Apprenticeship Customized Training Program in Eunice which offers students the unique chance to “earn while they learn” through a paid apprenticeship while pursuing an associate’s degree in respiratory care.