<Tr> <Th> Founded </Th> <Td> May 10, 1736 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Closed </Th> <Td> 2005 </Td> </Tr> <P> Coordinates: 29 ° 57 ′ 19" N 90 ° 04 ′ 41" W ﻿ / ﻿ 29.955383 ° N 90.077957 ° W ﻿ / 29.955383; - 90.077957 Charity Hospital was one of two teaching hospitals which were part of the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (MCLNO), the other being University Hospital . Three weeks after the events of Hurricane Katrina, then Governor Kathleen Blanco said that Charity Hospital would not reopen as a functioning hospital . The Louisiana State University System, which owns the building, stated that it had no plans to reopen the hospital in its original location . It chose to incorporate Charity Hospital into the city's new medical center in the lower Mid-City neighborhood . The new hospital completed in August 2015 was named University Medical Center New Orleans . </P> <P> Charity Hospital was one of several public hospitals around the state of Louisiana administered by the Louisiana State University System at the time of Hurricane Katrina . Charity Hospital and the nearby University Hospital were both teaching hospitals affiliated with the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (LSUHSC - NO). University Hospital, later called Interim LSU Hospital closed in 2015 . </P>

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