New medical school to address shortage of black doctors in US
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 24, 2023
Graduates on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana.
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Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, the only Catholic “Historically Black College or University” in the United States, announced plans to start a school of medicine to help address the shortage of black doctors in the country.
The school will work with Ochsner Health System, the largest non-profit health system in Louisiana, on plans to open the school within five years.
“Our work with Ochsner and other partners who hold close to their hearts a vision of healing a broken world . . .