Baton Rouge: Health Care

The Baton Rouge region includes seven general hospitals providing more than 2,100 beds plus 28 nursing homes providing nearly 3,000 beds. Woman's Hospital specializes in care for mothers and newborns but offers services to women of all ages. Earl K. Long Medical Center is the teaching arm of LSU Medical School, as well as part of the state's charity hospital system. Patients throughout the region and the state seek treatment at Baton Rouge General Medical Center's burn center and at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center's eye bank. Additionally, Our Lady of the Lake Heart Center specializes in heart disease with a staff which works only in cardiac care.