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Shreveport's largest employer is being faced with staggering cuts to its operational budget that would cripple the LSU Health Shreveport Medical School. <\/p>\n
\"State funding would be reduced to a point that we couldn't operate anymore,\" says Sally Croom, spokesperson for LSU Health Shreveport. <\/p>\n
Croom says if the state's proposed $25 million budget cuts pass the senate, the medical school and hospital would eventually collapse. <\/p>\n
\"Hundreds of thousands of people depend on this institution for health care,\" says Croom. <\/p>\n
People like Aaron Selber, who not only serves on the LSU Foundation Board but also visits the hospital as a patient. <\/p>\n
\"I'm older. I know I'm gonna get sick and I'd like to be treated by a competent medical staff,\" Selber says. <\/p>\n
Selber says the Med School produces about 70 % of the doctors who practice in Louisiana. <\/p>\n
He says the closure of the school would send shock waves throughout the community. <\/p>\n
\"This represents a tremendous potential step backwards,\" he says. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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