LSU VA hospital site

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/lsuva_shared_hospital_site_is.html
http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2008/11/plans_for_new_lsuva_hospital_c.html
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/plans_for_lsuva_hospital_compl.html


This has been a hot local debate lately. I was wondering what are some people thoughts on the situation.

Tearing houses down and sending people out of their homes is way too much for my conscience. Also, this seems to be riddled with some crooked politics and greediness, which I really do not want to support.

At the same time, the idea of making New Orleans a major bioscience/biomedical area would be great for the city. This city really needs to improve industry and its economy and this seems like a step forward. Biomedical industry is usually recession proof and it would be a much better direction to go for NEw Orleans. New Facilities would definitely attract better doctors and researchers from around the world.

I am pretty confused. I would love to see the comparison of the facilities between a New charity and a renovated old charity. I don't know much about the old VA hospital, so I really do not know if a new one is needed because the old one is too messed up.