Mile 104.2 - LBD Ochsner Medical Center

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026

104.2 LBD Ochsner Medical Center

As you round Avondale Bend five miles upstream you will be met by a glorious view of the Huey P. Long Bridge and the Ochsner Medical Center just downstream beyond. Poison Ivy got out of control? Feeling a fever you can’t get rid of? Are those infections from red ant bites getting out of hand? Here is your one chance on the Lower Mississippi to easily access medical care from your canoe or kayak! Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Hospital, 1516 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121, www.ochsner.org, 504-842-3483.

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