The latest from guest blogger GottaLaff (originally posted at the The Political Carnival on October 15, 2009): TPC EXCLUSIVE: New Orleans has mental health care problem. Bobby Jindal made it worse. Yes, Bobby Jindal made the mental health care problem worse, alright... simply by his mere presence. But that's another story. Here's the real one that needs to get out there, and it's all about the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital (NOAH), health care, and politics: CBS February 02, 2007: State Representative Neil Abramson (D) New Orleans Mrs. Neil Abramson wrote to me first: My husband is State Representative Neil Abramson (D) New Orleans; he was a partner in a worldwide law firm but became so frustrated after the events of Hurricane Katrina, he ran for office. He has truly carried the banner for New Orleans and its recovery, even butting heads with Governor Jindal on a few key issues. One of the is the closing of the ONLY public mental health facility in New Orleans. When Jindal first wanted to close NOAH citing budgetary concerns, the New Orleans delegation, led by my husband, fought and found the funds to keep it open. Jindal vetoed the funds. Since that time, Jindal has closed NOAH. What is devastating is that NOAH wasn't even up to it's full capacity from before Katrina - and with all the increase in PTSD here, it really should have been expanded 4x because there is so much need. Jindal's plan was to transport patients, many in emergency crisis situations, an hour away by ambulance (over Lake Ponchartrain) to Southeast Hospital in Mandeville, LA. Besides the fact that that is absurd, now that hospital is slated to close! SO WHERE IS ANYONE TO BE TREATED?! It's a travesty. Currently another hospital has stepped up with 13 mental health beds, though the need in in the hundreds... Our fears are that Jindal wants to sell both NOAH and Southeast (gorgeous buildings on prime property) to his cronies under "privatization". Our latest battle has been that NOAH used to be the Marine dorms (it...