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Emergency Preparedness

Children's Hospital New Orleans has plans in place and is ready to act when emergencies affect our area. Similarly we encourage you to be prepared to implement your emergency plan for yourself and family.

Our emergency preparedness plan is designed to ensure the safety of our patients, and staff. In preparing our plan we worked closely with state and local governments, the Louisiana Hospital Association, LCMC Health, our medical staff and employees.

Tropical Storm Francine Update:

Updated 09.12.2024, 9:00 pm

We continue to closely monitor impacts from now Tropical Storm Francine which made landfall as a Category 2 Hurricane on Wednesday evening.

Children's Hospital New Orleans main campus has returned to normal operations as of 7 am Thursday, September 12.

Our Metairie Emergency Room has also resumed normal operations.

All of our primary care and specialty clinics will be open for operations as normal on Friday, September 13, with the exception of our Metairie Pediatrics clinic, which will reopen as soon as possible after power is restored.

Please click here for the latest team member specific updates, and continue to monitor your email and text message updates.

Children's Hospital has plans in place to ensure the safety of our patients, families and staff

When a tropical storm or hurricane threatens New Orleans, LCMC Health and Children's Hospital will activate our emergency plan to provide patients, their family members, and staff with up-to-date information regarding our preparations, announcements about closing and reopening the facilities, and other relevant instructions. In addition, www.lcmchealth.org and www.chnola.org will be updated with vital information.

Please visit this webpage for additional updates. Thank you.

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