LCMC Health announced a $14 million investment in Lakeside Hospital, elevating women and newborn care services on the east bank of Jefferson Parish. Through this initiative, LCMC Health will unify the robust services currently available at both East Jefferson General Hospital (EJGH) and Lakeside Hospital, resulting in a state-of-the-art facility where LCMC Health, Tulane, and LSU physicians can deliver care to women and newborns.
Upon completion, the new Women and Newborn Care Center will feature:
-A renovated main entrance and updated exterior to create a more welcoming and accessible experience
-10 modernized labor and delivery suites
-30 enhanced mother-baby postpartum rooms
-Three state-of-the-art operating rooms
-A 26-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit staffed by neonatologists from Manning Family Children’s
-A new six-bed adult intensive care unit with rapid response teams and expanded respiratory care, maternal-fetal medicine and occupational therapy services, with 24/7 anesthesia coverage and subspecialty consultations
-Five new clinic spaces on Lakeside Hospital’s campus to support the 16 physicians relocating from EJGH
As part of this transition, all women’s health providers, obstetrics emergency hospitalists and LSU maternal fetal medicine specialists currently based at EJGH will join Lakeside's existing providers, along with academic partners from Tulane University School of Medicine, in newly renovated clinical spaces.
Importantly, this transition applies only to Women and Newborn Care services currently provided at EJGH and Lakeside Hospital. LCMC Health’s other hospitals - Touro, West Jefferson Medical Center, and Lakeview Hospital - will continue to operate their existing birthing centers and Women’s Health services. Maternal fetal medicine, in partnership with LSU Health, is provided at each LCMC Health birthing hospital in addition to New Orleans East Hospital, to ensure women receive the advanced care needed for high-risk pregnancies.
Lakeside Hospital will continue to hold all existing recognitions and designations earned across both campuses, including Baby-Friendly USA designation, Birth Ready+ status, LaGift+ recognition, National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification (Bronze) and the IBCLC Care Award for the seventh consecutive year.