The Concordia Sentinel
Today is Thursday, May 23rd, 2013Subscribe Today!
Home · News · Columns · Editorials · Frank Morris Murder · Sports · Obituaries · Sentinel People
Main Menu
• Home
• Links of Interest
• Polls & Surveys
• Public Notices
• Read Our E-Edition
• Recommend Us
• RSS Feeds
• Search Our Site
• Site Statistics
• Story Archives
• Top 5 Most Popular
• Contact Us

Ads by Google

Current Poll
Who do you think should manage Ferriday water?
JCP
GENTS
Someone else
I don't care

View Results
Story Archives: Official says Concordia Health Unit crucial


Official says Concordia Health Unit crucial
posted Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 @ 2:59 pmE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
When voters cast ballots Saturday on whether to renew a 10-year, 1.81-mill property tax supporting the parish health unit, Dr. David Holcombe says he hopes they consider how vital the facility is to Concordia Parish.

"It's very important, especially to those segments of the population that use it the most -- the uninsured and the underinsured," said Holcombe, who holds the dual titles of Regional Administrator and Medical Director for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals eight-parish Region 6, which includes Concordia.

"Concordia is one of the poorer parishes in Louisiana with some of the poorest health statistics," said Holcombe. He said the parish ranks near the top statewide in unhealthy categories -- lower than average life expectancy, poor physical health, poor health habits, premature death and low birth weight for children.

(For full story subscribe to The Concordia Sentinel's NEW E-EDITION!)
Search Our Site

Frank Morris Murder Series

Advertising

Local Weather
© 2002-2013 The Concordia Sentinel - All Rights Reserved
Web Site Design by Panther Networks, Inc.