Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center | |
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Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System | |
Geography | |
Location | 5000 Hennessy Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Hospital type | Regional |
Affiliated university | Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake College, Tulane University, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | Adult & Pediatric Emergency Services |
Beds | 1,020 |
History | |
Founded | 1923 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.ololrmc.com/ |
Lists | Hospitals in Louisiana |
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (OLOLRMC) is a general medical and surgical facility located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is a Catholic hospital member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS). The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and it serves as a teaching hospital to Our Lady of the Lake College, Louisiana State University, Tulane University and Southern University.
OLOLRMC is the dominant institution in health care in the Greater Baton Rouge area and the largest private medical center in Louisiana, with over 800 beds. In a given year, OLOLRMC treats approximately 25,000 patients in the hospital, and services about 350,000 persons through outpatient locations. It has a complement of almost 900 physicians and 3,000 staff members. The Lake also operates two nursing homes, has an affiliated cancer facility adjacent to the main hospital, and operates a number of outpatient services on its campus as well as in outlying locations.
In 1911, Mother de Bethanie Crowley and five Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady traveled to America to serve the sick and needy. Eight years after establishing a hospital in Monroe, Louisiana, Mother de Bethanie was invited to Baton Rouge by Monsignor Francis Leon Gassler of St. Joseph's Cathedral and a group of leading local physicians, to tour the downtown area in search of a suitable location for a hospital to serve the 22,000 residents of the small river town. Mother de Bethanie insisted on a patch across University Lake from the original Louisiana State University campus.
In November 1923, the four-story brick structure of Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium opened its doors to the city. In April 1978, the original hospital was closed and a 460-bed facility on Essen Lane opened to better serve a population that had grown to the south and east of the original location. Throughout the years, the facilities have undergone expansion. There are current plans to build a free-standing Children's Hospital in a nearby area.