HEALH CARE
The quality of health care a community has to offer is one of the most important factors and greatest assets to a growing, progressive city. Louisiana residents are fortunate to have a wealth of health care options available to them, from specialty clinics to recognized medical schools, to full-service hospitals.
Crowley has emergency medical services, extended and assisted living available locally or within a short 30-minute drive. The American Legion Hospital, located at 1305 Crowley-Rayne Highway, has been serving the medical needs of Crowley and Acadia Parish since 1929. A private, not for profit, acute care facility, the hospital is licensed by the State of Louisiana, and operates a 140 bed facility, with the following services in anesthesiology, pain management, internal medicine, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, pulmonary, surgery, family practice, dentistry, orthopedic surgery, pathology, psychiatry, radiology, and urology.
A 30-minute drive will take you to Lafayette, well-known as a center for the treatment of heart disease. Lafayette General Medical Center was named one of the nation's top 100 cardiovascular hospitals by a national data-benchmarking firm. The Southwest Medical Center has received similar accolades for its coronary bypass surgery and cardiac care programs.