Memorial Hospital

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, the main campus of the Memorial Health System, is the region's largest family-centered medical complex, serving the healthcare needs of Southwest Louisiana. Memorial Health System is locally-owned and operated by a Board of Trustees from the community it serves and is fully licensed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Established in 1952, the main campus consists of 313 licensed acute care beds on Oak Park Boulevard. Memorial is constantly striving to improve the patient experience by offering the best quality of care in terms of both state-of-the-art innovations and treatment options, as well as the commitment of our dedicated and compassionate staff. The main campus provides the largest array of specialty, emergency, trauma and critical care services in the community. With the largest emergency department and the only Level III trauma center in the region, Memorial provides much needed trauma services to the community. Complemented by our state-of-the art Medical Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Memorial has the largest critical care capacity in southwest Louisiana with a total of 34 intensive care beds.

The main campus specialty care includes Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Family Medicine, General, Breast & Trauma Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopedics, Interventional Spine, Physical Rehabilitation, Pulmonology, Radiation Oncology, Rheumatology, Urology, Behavioral Health, full service laboratory and diagnostic imaging, as well as breast health, the cancer center, endoscopy center, home health, wound care, genetics and sleep health.

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Since 2006, Memorial has expanded services, physicians, technology and facilities. Capital projects have been implemented including expansion and/or modernization of lour cath lab, surgery, sterile processing, rehabilitation, food services, pediatrics, endoscopy center, emergency center and intensive care units. The 40-bed Emergency Department expansion doubled the size of the previous space to just under 26,000 sq ft. and includes specialized treatment areas for critical care, mental health and fast track non-critical care designed to improve the care process and reduce waiting times. Memorial in the only hospital in Southwest Louisiana with a Level III Trauma Center. Treating an average 63,000 patient in the ER annually, as the largest, full-service health system in Southwest Louisiana, Memorial's ER has 24/7/365 coverage of emergency medicine doctors and is a certified stroke care facility.

Lake Charles Memorial consistently receives The Joint Commission’s Gold beSeal of Approval® for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in hospitals. The Cancer Center is also a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award by the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC).

Phone Directory

Main Phone Number: 337-494-3000

Prefixes are 494, unless otherwise indicated

Departments

Administration: 3200
Admissions: 3224
Admitting Insurance Verification: 3049
Billing/Collections: 3265
Breast Health: 4755
Behavioral Health: 3255
Cashier: 2356
Cancer Center/Radiation Oncology: 2121
Cancer Patient Navigator: 4890
Cardiac Rehab: 2166
Case Management: 2446
Clinical Dietitians: 2683
Diabetes Education: 6425
Dialysis: 3085
Emergency Room: 3038
Endoscopy Center: 3010
Financial Counselor: 2893
Foundation: 3226
Gift Shop: 2353
Home Health: 6444
Human Resources: 3255
Laboratory: 3195/3196
LSUHSC Residency Program: 6767
Marketing, PR & Events: 2355
Mammography: 4755
Women's Campus: 480-7444
Medical Records: 3149
Medical Staff Services: 3091
MRI: 2674
Outpatient Physical Therapy: 2556
Patient Representative: 3030
Retail Pharmacy: 2991
Physician Referral: 1-800-494-5264
Radiology/Diagnostic Imaging: 3070
Respiratory Therapy: 3174
Security: 377-8851
Sleep Health: 2393
Sports Medicine: 4790
Inpatient Surgery: 3006
Tumor Registry: 2146
Volunteer Auxiliary: 2493
Wound Care: 6700
Outpatient Physical Therapy: 2556

Nursing Units

2N Rehab: 3057
2T Oncology: 2448
3T ICU: 3089
3T ICU: Telemetry 2765
3T Same Day Surgery: 3059
3T Labor/Delivery/Surgery: 3059
4T Adolescent Psych: 2436
5T Med Surg: 3065
6T NICU/Pediatrics: 3050
6T OB Postpartum/Antepartum: 3051
7T Medical /Surgical: 3053
8T Medical/Surgical: 2850
10T Adult Behavioral Health: 3262 or 3253
10T Geriatric Behavioral Health: 3253

Waiting Rooms

ICU: 2394 / 2395
SDS/OR: 3304 / 3392

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