Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital is an acute-care hospital in Crowley, Louisiana, serving Acadia Parish and surrounding communities. Its history begins with Legion Hospital in 1929, and its services include medical and surgical care, emergency care, imaging and laboratory testing.
Organization profile
- Organization type
- Hospital / healthcare provider
- Headquarters / base
- Crowley, Louisiana, United States
- Geographic scope
- Acadia Parish and surrounding communities in Louisiana
- Legion Hospital
- Acadia General Hospital
Medical focus
Activities
Population served
A hospital serving the Crowley area
The hospital is located at 1305 Crowley Rayne Highway. Its official history traces its origins to Legion Hospital, founded by American Legion Post 15 in 1929. It became part of the Lafayette General system in 2014 and is presented within Ochsner Lafayette General today.
A community health needs assessment adopted in September 2019 used the name Acadia General Hospital and identified the same Crowley address. It described the hospital’s acute medical and surgical role and used Acadia Parish as the geographic community for its assessment.
Hospital treatment and diagnostic services
The current hospital page describes general and specialty surgery, endoscopy, radiology and laboratory testing. Imaging services include MRI, CT, mammography, ultrasound and bone-density testing. The hospital also describes telecardiology, telestroke, telepsychology and telehospitalist connections.
The 2019 assessment brought clinical care together with community concerns. Its priorities included heart disease and associated risks, access to care, social determinants of health, mental health and substance use, and weight-related health needs. These priorities belong to that assessment period and explain the hospital’s wider community-health context.
The historical New Vision listing
The historical 310info directory listed a New Vision medical-stabilization programme at 1305 Crowley Rayne Highway. Its description concerned adults experiencing drug- or alcohol-related problems and acute withdrawal. It identified a service area extending into Southwest Louisiana.
That entry provides a historical programme connection to the hospital site. The hospital’s present clinical description is separately documented by Ochsner and Louisiana’s hospital directory, while the earlier New Vision account remains part of the site’s local service history.
Further health reading
The hospital lists telestroke among its specialist connections. This overview explains stroke and the clinical reasons for urgent assessment.
The historical New Vision entry described alcohol-related withdrawal care at the Crowley site. This article explains alcohol use disorder in that earlier programme context.
Sources
- Ochsner Health: Acadia General Hospital history and services
- Louisiana Department of Health: Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
- Acadia General Hospital: community health needs assessment, adopted September 2019
- 310info: historical New Vision programme in Crowley
- CDC: health background for Stroke
- niaaa.nih.gov: health background for Alcohol use disorder