St. Luke Hospital

Dissolution of hospital district, agreement for division of assets earns judicial approval

The dissolution of a hospital board and an agreement between St. Landry and St. Martin parishes to divide the board’s assets was approved Thursday by 27th Judicial District Judge James P. Doherty. Doherty presided over a writ of mandamus suit filed by the two parish governments.

New hurdle for hospital district abolishment

The St. Landry Parish Council will be asked to seek a declaratory judgment in the 27th Judicial Court District on a plan to dissolve the First Hospital District of the Parishes of St. Landry and St. Martin, which operated the now closed St. Luke Hospital in Arnaudville.

Arnaudville residents fear AG opinion will lead to delay in hospital action

A request for an Attorney General’s opinion on the use of money from the district governing St. Luke Hospital raised fears among some Arnaudville residents that it was a tactic to delay an agreement to disband the district. The item was on a special meeting of the St.