In the annual ritual known as Match Day, when medical-school seniors find out where they will go for postgraduate training and, perhaps, the rest of their lives, 41 percent of the graduates of New Orleans' medical schools learned Friday that they will stay in Louisiana. At LSU School of Medicine, which accepts only Louisiana residents, 108 of the 171 seniors in the match -- 63 percent -- will go to residencies in New Orleans, LSU Health Sciences Center spokeswoman Leslie Capo said.

At Tulane University School of Medicine, which has no such entry requirement, 35 of the 177 students in the match -- about 20 percent -- learned that their residencies will be in Louisiana, Tulane spokesman Keith Brannon said.

At Louisiana's other medical, LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, 49 of the 108 seniors in the match -- 45 percent -- will have Louisiana residencies, spokeswoman Meg Willett said.

In New Orleans, two hospitals offer residencies, even though they do not have medical school. Ochsner Medical Center filled all 55 of its slots, and East Jefferson General Hospital filled its seven positions, representatives of those institutions said.

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