Opelousas General Health System has been providing care since 1957. OGHS is a 181-bed full service medical center as complete and inclusive as any referral hospital in the state. We are the second largest employer in Opelousas, Louisiana with over 1100 employees. OGHS is a community non-profit rural health system governed by a local board of directors. Our health system is comprised of two hospital campuses and 15+ WellSmart Health primary care and specialty clinics throughout St. Landry, Lafayette and Acadia parishes caring for over 100,000 lives. We currently employ more than 60 providers including: Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, Family Medicine-Obstetrics, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Nephrology, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Psychiatry, Pulmonary Critical Care, and Rheumatology. We have the latest in robotic technology including DaVinci, MAKO and Excelsius GPS. The hospital is also home to the largest wound care and hyperbaric unit in the region. On the academic side, we currently have 3^rd and 4^th year medical students from VCOM completing their rotations throughout our facility. In the near future, Opelousas General Health System will launch its’ own Psychiatry Residency Program. Long term plans will also include the addition of a Family Medicine Residency Program.

With our location being in the heart of Cajun and Creole Heritage, we are a short 20-minute drive to Lafayette, one-hour to Baton Rouge, two-hours to New Orleans and three-hours to Houston. 

South Louisiana is a location that's easy to call home. Located right in the heart and soul of Cajun Country, we have a Joie de Vivre (Joy of Life) like no other. From world famous Cajun cuisine to unmistakable Cajun and Zydeco music and the Arts, you are sure to experience Southern Hospitality at its finest. Opelousas is Louisiana's third-oldest city and is part of the state's Main Street Program with its downtown cluster of antique shops, boutiques and restaurants serving Cajun cuisine. Visitors can see antebellum, Victorian and early 20th-century buildings, including the "Hidden Capital of Louisiana," which served as the governor's mansion during the Civil War. A trip to the historic Le Vieux Village, with its 19th-century cottages, Orphan Train exhibit and Jim Bowie display about the famous one-time Opelousas resident, adds historical context to the Cajun and Creole folkways still in such vibrant evidence around the city today, while the Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino is among the city's newest attractions.

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