Ochsner Choctaw General

Choctaw General Hospital's scope of care includes a range of inpatient, outpatient and emergency services. A variety of other services are available on an inpatient and outpatient basis through the Hospital's imaging, laboratory and rehabilitative services, including physical, occupational and speech therapy. A 24-hour emergency department is staffed with qualified emergency room hospitalists and family nurse practitioners and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Hospital, which opened in march, 2012, also has a helipad and maintains affiliations with air ambulance services in Alabama for the transfer of patients requiring higher acuity or more specialized care. Skilled nursing and rehabilitative care are available at Choctaw General Hospital through the swing bed program. Those recovering from surgery, a stroke, a fracture or an extended medical illness and hospitalization can received rehabilitative care at chocktaw General Hospital, whether or not they were hospitalized in another location. Additionally, they offer an intensive outpatient program designed to provide care senior adults suffering from chronic anxiety, depression and grief.