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As the heart of medical care in Acadiana, Lafayette continues to expand its advanced and specialized medical services with state-of-the-art facilities and procedures.

Acadiana has more than 30 hospitals, which are always expanding, improving their services and adding the latest in technological advances.

The parish has a 911 emergency response system and is home to Acadian Ambulance Services Inc., the nation’s largest rural ambulance company, offering ground and air paramedic services. For more than three decades, Acadian has provided advanced prehospital emergency medical care and disaster response to the metropolitan and rural areas of the community and to the offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.

The company started with two ambulances and eight medics in 1971 and is now the largest private rural ambulance service in the nation. Today, Acadian employs more than 2,500 people and covers 23,764 square miles in 38 parishes and counties. The company’s highly skilled medics serve a total of 241,000 patients a year from 255 ground ambulances, eight helicopter ambulances and five fixed-wing aircraft.

The company also partnered with South Louisiana Community College to form the National EMS Academy to train new and existing medics for a career in emergency medical transportation.

Lafayette General Surgical Hospital (LGSH) is the newest short-stay surgical hospital and medical office building in the Lafayette area. It is a joint venture between Lafayette General Medical Center and a group of local surgeons. Every aspect of the facility has been designed with patients and their families in mind. LGSH patients can rest assured that they will be provided some of the best surgeons, more than 100 years of nursing experience and the backup of an acute medical center on the same campus. Patients and their families are given courteous, personalized attention with surgical care of the highest quality.

Lafayette also has numerous surgery centers, chemical dependency facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, support groups and more than 170 dentists in the Acadiana area.

There are more than 400 physicians in Lafayette and 800-plus in Acadiana covering more than 33 specialties.

Local chapters of nonprofit organizations like the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association are constantly working toward initiatives to improve the health of our citizens.