St. James Parish Hospital

Name :

St. James Parish Hospital

Address  :

1645 Lutcher Avenue

Town  :

Lutcher

State  :

Louisiana

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

70071

Phone  :

225 869 5512

Fax  :

225 869 4956

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

info@sjph.org

Description

Our vision is to unite the parish by being the communityrsquos first choice for all health and wellness needs by leading innovations to make care more convenient comprehensive coordinated and advanced in order to offer the very best value This goal drives us to continually assess the needs of our area in order to bring in more technology services and physicians so that our community can take advantage of the best healthcare close to home

I hope that you will experience caring from the heart while you are at St James Parish Hospital It is important to me that our patients and family members trust that they will be provided the highest quality care in a safe environment I want you to see for yourself that we are ldquolarge enough to serve small enough to carerdquo

History

Nearly 70 years of compassionate care
St James Parish Hospital opened in 1955 as part of a Hospital Service District St James Parish Hospital is a public nonprofit Critical Access Hospital that has transformed through the years to adopt to the everchanging needs of the community

As we evolve we always remain committed to our mission of providing excellent quality and compassionate care

Our Story

In the 1950s the closest hospitals to St James Parish were in New Orleans and Baton Rouge David Reynaudmdashthe namesake of the hospitalrsquos medical plazamdashwas the mayor at this time David saw a need to create access to healthcare in our community and spearheaded a campaign for a local hospital He worked with government officials to create a Hospital Service District and secure necessary financing Financing was approved at the time due to the threat of a nuclear attack
Since opening St James Parish Hospital has been accredited by the State of Louisiana In 1993 St James Parish Hospital received its first Joint Commission Accreditation of Hospitals which has been maintained ever since in both the hospital and laboratory Joint Commission accreditation is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organizations commitment to meeting high performance standards
In 2019 St James Parish Hospital purchased land in Vacherie with plans to rebuild St James West Bank Clinic in order to offer patients an upgraded facility with space to grow This land includes additional acreage to offer new services The hospital parish government school system and local industries are working together to plan a space that can address wellness outside of typical healthcare and improve lives in our community
In 2021 we expanded our Medical Plaza which created a dedicated space and additional hours for St James Urgent Care in addition to adding a new outpatient therapy center which offers cuttingedge technology and an experienced staff of physical therapists occupational therapists and speech therapists Additional space in our medical plaza also allowed us to offer an onsite lab and xray services to make care more convenient for clinic patients