New clinic open for business
Published 8:41 am Friday, April 22, 2016
- DAILY NEWS PHOTO/ Jesse Wright Members of the Bogalusa medical community and community leaders turned out Wednesday for the ribbon cutting and blessing of the Our Lady of the Angels Clinic. Shown are: in front of ribbon, left to right, Mallory Arlt, Garland Anderson III, George Anderson, Libby Lyons, Olivia Mizell, Ava Grace Cummings, Bella Cummings and Cannon Cummings; behind ribbon, Ian Lyons (rear), Ed Jordan, Michael Melancon, Brooke Cummings, Gordon Thomas, Bill Neilson, City Councilman Teddy Drummond, Jackie Thomas (behind), Fr. Daniel Brouliette, Kay Kay Warner, Sheriff Randy Seal (holding Ellie Mae Seal), Marsha Hunt Adams, Molli Bond, Sheila Seal, Kellie Hebert, Jenna Mizell (behind), Katie Anderson, Jenny Bennett, Dr. Garland Anderson (cutting ribbon), George Bateman (behind), Michelle Lyons, Rene Ragas, CEO, Scott Lyons (behind), Mary Jane Arlt (holding Elizabeth Anderson), Jay Schultz, and Ralph Serpas, CNO.
On Wednesday, Renee Ragas, the chief executive officer of Our Lady of the Angels Hospital in Bogalusa, welcomed the community to a new clinic.
The Our Lady of the Angels Clinic is at 1416 Gobbler Head Drive and Ragas said the clinic will be the home of primary care physicians.
“This is important because it’s an expansion of primary care in our community,” Ragas told the assembled visitors at the ribbon cutting and blessing. “Your primary care doctor is your gatekeeper. It’s who you see first when you have a need.”
Ragas said the new clinic expands coverage, and he noted the hospital will expand coverage once again when it opens another clinic in about 10 days.
“We’re proud to be expanding and we hope to be here for a very long time,” he said.
The second clinic will be on Avenue F.
“That’s just another example of how we’re spreading our wings and taking care of the members of our community,” Ragas said.