Governmental Hospital District

Health System with 4 hospitals across 4 states

Health System Overview

Health System	Governmental Hospital District
Total Hospitals	4
Commercial/Acute Hospitals	4
Total Beds	104
Commercial/Acute Beds	104
Headquarters	JENA, LA
Website	lasallegeneralhospital.com

Hospitals by Type

Acute Care Hospital

2 hospitals

50% of health system

Critical Access Hospital

2 hospitals

50% of health system

Teaching Status

25%

Teaching

Teaching Hospitals: 1

Non-Teaching Hospitals: 3

Teaching hospitals serve as educational institutions for medical professionals while providing patient care.

Hospital Locations

Hospitals in this Health System

Hospital	Type	Beds	Teaching	Recently Joined
St. Luke Hospital and Living Center	Critical Access Hospital	22	No	No
Lasalle General Hospital	Acute Care Hospital	46	No	No
Roosevelt General Hospital	Acute Care Hospital	24	No	No
Cascade Medical	Critical Access Hospital	12	Yes	No

Recent News

2025-05-14

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has concluded its measles investigation, reporting no new infections after two recent cases [10]. Simultaneously, the LDH is monitoring an increase in whooping cough (pertussis) cases throughout Louisiana, leading to more hospitalizations and deaths [10]. The Louisiana Department of Health is launching a pilot program to streamline ER utilization [10]. The pilot program extends medical services from LDH's six Medicaid managed care organizations to patient residences via urgent mobile care provided by Acadian Health [10].

2025-05-13

Civil rights groups have filed an amended complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order to block Oklahoma's HB 4156, arguing it creates a state immigration system that undermines federal law [13]. The lawsuit, initially filed in May 2024, was consolidated with a similar challenge by the United States, but the U.S. later dismissed its challenge [13]. The law was previously blocked, but Oklahoma has started enforcing it again [13]. The groups, including the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center, argue the law is harmful and unconstitutional [13]. One day after Mahmoud Khalil's Columbia University commencement ceremony, he will attend his immigration court hearing in Jena, LA. His legal team requested virtual or in-person access for interested press and public [13].

2025-04-18

Amid rural Louisiana's crawfish farms, towering pine trees and cafes serving po'boys, nearly 7,000 people are waiting at immigration detention centers to learn whether they will be expelled from the United States [21]. If President Donald Trump's administration has its way, the capacity to hold tens of thousands more migrants will soon be added around the country as the U.S. seeks an explosive expansion of what is already the world's largest immigration detention system [21]. One facility is in Jena, which is home to 4,200 people, about 220 miles (355 kilometers) from New Orleans. The community has only a single advertised hotel called the Townsmen Inn [21]. The Jena detention center, operated under contract with the Geo Group, is surrounded by “no trespassing” signs, fencing with layers of razor wire and armed guards [21]. Detention centers are often hours away from cities and lawyers [21]. Louisiana's nine immigration detention centers are in the rural north or western parts of the state [21]. That means a drive of several hours from its largest cities, where immigration advocates and lawyers are clustered [21]. Detainees have long complained of isolation [21].

Executive Leadership

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