There is a growing number statewide of homeless mentally ill who need a a safe and humane place to live and receive medical treatment. The Charity Hospital Building would continue as a hospital facility requiring minimal alteration, providing both shelter and treatment to mentally ill patients both on a resident and out patient basis.

The mentally ill should not be housed in prisons or force to take shelter in public spaces, but rather in a medical setting. A facility catering to the mentally ill would benefit both their safety and that of the public, as well as, help to prevent unsanitary and vermin ridden public spaces.

The Charity Hospital Building is large enough to serve thousand of patients, provide much needed jobs and be a training ground for medical students.

Keeping Charity Hospital a hospital would be in keeping with it's original mission in providing for those who are in most need of charity and compassion. It would serve the state, city of New Orleans and help to free up our first responders who are not equipped to deal with this segment of the population.