Baton Rouge Gen Medical Center stands as a nonprofit, general community hospital that's been serving the Baton Rouge area since 1900, with more than 600 licensed beds across three campuses, and while it has a lot of specialties, the main ones include Emergency Room, Birth Center, Heart & Vascular, Cancer, Pediatrics, Behavioral Health, Burn, Gastroenterology, Hyperbarics & Wound Care, Imaging/Radiology, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation/Therapy, Seniors, Weight Loss, and Wellness, and what you notice is that they take care of people from before birth in the Birth Center all the way through hospice and end-of-life care with The Hospice of Baton Rouge. The hospital has award-winning heart and cancer programs, a well-known Regional Burn Center with 11 beds, the first burn center in the state, and a history of doing the first heart surgery in Baton Rouge along with building the first diabetes program there as well. Baton Rouge Gen Medical Center has different units, like a 37-bed Psychiatric Care Unit, a 7-bed Physical Rehabilitation Unit, a Neonatal ICU with 9 beds, a Pediatric ICU, a Medical Surgical ICU with 32 beds, a Cardiac ICU, and they've got 360 beds with 9 bassinets in total.
You can find services for almost every health need, including emergency care, trauma care (although it's not a designated trauma center), cancer diagnosis and treatment with help from Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, surgical procedures, behavioral and psychiatric care, physical therapy, urology, gastroenterology, and women's care through Obstetrics & Gynecology, plus weight loss surgery. The hospital offers diagnostic imaging like digital X-rays, MRI, and PET scans, and there are always internal medicine doctors, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts on staff to help with varied health needs. For ongoing health, there are programs like nutritional services with personalized diet plans for those undergoing treatment, genetic counseling for cancer risk, and mobile health vans-like BRG Mobile-for cancer screenings across the area, so getting your care started can be more convenient, especially with things like the Patient Fast Pass and MyChart so you can check medical records and make your visits quicker.
Patient services can really help too, since they offer a Healing Boutique for people recovering from cancer, Interpreting Services for those who need language help, a Gift Shop, several dining and coffee options, hotel accommodations for visitors or families, pharmacy services, and even a dedicated space to recognize hospital staff, which feels nice. Along with medical care, there are visiting guidelines, privacy protections, and support for patients before, during, and after their hospital stay, plus mobile health and cancer screening, primary care, imaging, rehabilitation, surgery, behavioral health, and urgent care at Mid City Urgent Care-Occupational. Baton Rouge Gen Medical Center is owned by a nonprofit group and focuses on serving the local people, and if you need to look up more specific details or use tools like Patient Fast Pass or find the MyChart sign up, all the information is available on the brgeneral.org website.
