Baton Rouge General’s Regional Burn Center celebrated the completion of a major expansion and renovation with a ribbon cutting on July 15. The only verified burn center in the region and the first in the state, BRG’s Regional Burn Center treats more than 4,000 patients from all over the Gulf Coast each year. Renovation work continued despite the pandemic in 2020, a year that also marked the Regional Burn Center’s 50th anniversary.

The Catholic Health Association (CHA), a national group comprised of more than 600 hospitals and 1,600 long-term care and other health facilities in all 50 states, awarded Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center its Achievement Citation, the organization’s top annual honor. The OLOL team was awarded this recognition for its implementation of an innovative opt out HIV testing program. The announcement was made during the recent CHA annual meeting.