LSU execs: Downsizing leads to med school shortage

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU health care executives have told university officials that downsizing throughout the LSU public hospital system creates an $83 million budget shortage in medical school programs.

LSU System Executive Vice President Dr. Frank Opelka said medical school funding relies on revenue from hospital operations. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/TgrLNJ) that Opelka told the LSU board Friday that reductions in bed capacity and services at the hospitals mean less revenue.