tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post3841643796393885241..comments2024-02-16T03:22:27.344-06:00Comments on Elephant in Tiger Skin: The Former Marine Hospital Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05303749892358718065noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-41027755295571762052022-07-21T22:15:10.213-05:002022-07-21T22:15:10.213-05:00I lived on the hospital grounds for 14 years in th...I lived on the hospital grounds for 14 years in the house called the Hales Cottage as of this year. That 17 acres was a great place to grow up. Moved away after hospital closed in 1981.Tom Landrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-92151522896103158252021-05-19T04:58:15.311-05:002021-05-19T04:58:15.311-05:00I’m sure there were some very good people who work...I’m sure there were some very good people who worked there but a friend stayed there for a year in the mid 80s and was very damaged by the experience. Sanitariums are a thing of the past. The Enlightened Despothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245583767136770255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-33022706143621699452021-04-12T23:41:48.513-05:002021-04-12T23:41:48.513-05:00I'm 45...i was there at 12...you are not alone...I'm 45...i was there at 12...you are not alone. I've worked for many years to heal from my stay there. Still haunts me too...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17934445079626843418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-38876191185459736792021-03-18T01:44:51.134-05:002021-03-18T01:44:51.134-05:00I was born there on July 12, 1955. My dad was in t...I was born there on July 12, 1955. My dad was in the United States Navy.Wayne A. Sevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727850874165227439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-44721850387234278392020-06-16T14:43:57.018-05:002020-06-16T14:43:57.018-05:00I was born here in May, 1960. My father was in the...I was born here in May, 1960. My father was in the USMC at the time. A doctor by the name of Robert A Marks, Jr. M.D., Med. Dir. attended my birth. Thank you for helping bring me into this exceptional life.KECookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02863798566572344177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-71340284231652267442020-01-12T00:45:40.912-06:002020-01-12T00:45:40.912-06:00I was employed at NOAH from the 1980’s until 2009 ...I was employed at NOAH from the 1980’s until 2009 when we were forced to close by Jindal. He reported to the media that the hospital had to close for budgetary reasons; this was not the true reason. One of the reasons was that he was preparing to run for President in 2012 and was eliminating state government employees as part of his platform. (We all know that didn’t work for him). The other reason was that Children’s Hospital had been trying tirelessly to get this real estate since the 1980’s, but was unable to because of the terms of the transfer (of the building and property) from the federal government to state government in the early 1980’s. When these terms expired (can’t remember the exact date), Children’s Hospital was waiting with cash in hand to “rescue” the property, which had been appraised at over 50 million dollars. However, Children’s Hospital somehow worked out a deal with Jindal to only pay less than half of the appraised value. (Clearly, this contradicted his reason for closing NOAH as “budgetary”). The closure of NOAH in 2009 was in the post-Katrina era when mental health treatment was desperately needed in New Orleans, which was then left without any mental health treatment for the uninsured.<br />I am so sorry to the above writer who stated he or she experienced “terrible things”. This should have never happened. During my employment, mistreatment of the patients at NOAH was not condoned or tolerated. The employees worked hard to care for these children and adolescents and to provide them with quality mental health treatment. Working at NOAH was very rewarding because of the significant improvements we saw in so many patients during the course of the hospital’s short life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-614681425213976852020-01-04T01:35:12.399-06:002020-01-04T01:35:12.399-06:00I just found this post, I was there when I was 8 y...I just found this post, I was there when I was 8 years old, for 13 months as a pysch patient. I'm 44 years old now, and the terrible things that happened to me as a patient there, still haunt my memories even today.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465276556958966895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-2869287945831117222018-08-13T00:05:18.886-05:002018-08-13T00:05:18.886-05:00Amazing...I spent the entire summer of 1994 there....Amazing...I spent the entire summer of 1994 there. So sad to see it go down.NOAH really helped me in my tough time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278765927660487150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-16020337830287643652018-07-05T14:41:02.741-05:002018-07-05T14:41:02.741-05:00I was born in that hospital in 1947. My father was...I was born in that hospital in 1947. My father was a Navy Doctor having returned from WWII and was getting his residency training at the then Baptist hospital and Charity. His he went to the South Pacific after his intern year and when he returned the Navy sent him to New Orleans for his further training. Being in the Navy my mother gave birth at Marine Hospital. We lived in the Irish Channel.sails2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/04833350122997536324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-82593519607999698362017-11-26T01:23:27.690-06:002017-11-26T01:23:27.690-06:00They hiding the truth They hiding the truth Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223784962435928665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-19729158682572928782016-12-29T16:24:28.620-06:002016-12-29T16:24:28.620-06:00Allan! I'm just now seeing your comment. Tha...Allan! I'm just now seeing your comment. Thank you so much for all the great info. What a place to grow up! I'm glad to know that these buildings (well, most of them) will be put back to great use. Thanks again. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303749892358718065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-40871606522750772002016-09-27T23:19:51.025-05:002016-09-27T23:19:51.025-05:00My Dad was a doctor stationed there in the 1970s, ...My Dad was a doctor stationed there in the 1970s, so I grew up within those brick walls and it is some of the best childhood memories I have! There were many families there during that time, with lots of kids. Too many great stories - Cabbage Ball games & football games in the front yard of the Main Plantation house, annual kids bike race around the residence street loop ....for money!, the older kids building a tree house in one of the big oak trees facing the river, everybody having their birthday parties in the Officers Club next to the tennis courts, kids tennis tournaments, daring each other on who could walk farther around the perimeter on top of the wall, watching some of the parades (Thoth & Elks) from the wall. Man, that was a great time. Feels like it was yesterday, thank you so much for taking those pics. I can see all of my friends in each of those brick cottages, the Plantation house and the Overseers house. I lived in the second brick cottage duplex, across from the plantation house. I actually got to back into those houses/buildings in 2014 and took a lot of pics too. I have one, from the plantation, that everyone says has a ghost in it. Who knows! Anyway, thanks again for stirring up these great memories! Allan Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268591075857453327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-10364588161730905732016-08-09T11:42:19.779-05:002016-08-09T11:42:19.779-05:00Thanks for the info...that's great!Thanks for the info...that's great! Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303749892358718065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-62765033906691991772016-04-26T14:26:09.676-05:002016-04-26T14:26:09.676-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07745836030500586320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338727414700860080.post-26050197319781558332016-04-26T13:34:17.873-05:002016-04-26T13:34:17.873-05:00Wow. My Grandfather was Medical Director for this...Wow. My Grandfather was Medical Director for this hospital 1935-1939. They lived in the officers quarters shown here. Amazing!https://www.blogger.com/profile/07745836030500586320noreply@blogger.com