Hospitals and health
Lake Charles has three hospitals with emergency rooms, and Sulphur has its own. It's worth finding a primary care doctor soon after you arrive, before you need one.
Hospitals
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
The region's only Level III trauma center.
- Address
- 1701 Oak Park Blvd, Lake Charles
- Website
- lcmh.com
- Listing
- Open it in our directory
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
A primary stroke center and chest pain center, with a 24-hour emergency room.
- Address
- 524 Dr. Michael DeBakey Dr, Lake Charles
- Phone
- (337) 436-2511
- Website
- christushealth.org
- Listing
- Open it in our directory
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
On Nelson Road in south Lake Charles, with a 24-hour emergency room.
- Address
- 4200 Nelson Rd, Lake Charles
- Phone
- (337) 474-6370
- Website
- christushealth.org
- Listing
- Open it in our directory
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur's hospital.
- Address
- 701 Cypress St, Sulphur
- Listing
- Open it in our directory
Public health
Calcasieu Parish Health Unit
The Louisiana Department of Health's local office, which also issues certified copies of Louisiana birth certificates.
- Address
- 3236 Kirkman St, Lake Charles
- Phone
- (337) 478-6020
- Hours
- Monday 7 AM to 5:30 PM, Tuesday to Friday 8 AM to 4:30 PM
- Listing
- Open it in our directory
Louisiana Department of Health, Region 5
The regional office for Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Beauregard and Allen parishes.
- Address
- 2827 4th Ave, Suite 100, Lake Charles
- Phone
- (337) 475-3200
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