Lourdes Hospital

Lourdes Hospital Profile:

• Lourdes Hospital is a 379-bed hospital providing area medical services to over 437,000 people within a 50 mile radius of Paducah.
• The hospital has an active medical staff of 141 physicians with multiple medical specialty services and technologies typically found in larger urban settings.
• More than 22,000 people visit the Emergency Department each year with annual admissions of over 7,000.
• Lourdes Hospital has 14 ICU beds and 12 CCU beds
• Sponsored by Catholic Health Partners (CHP) one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the nation.

Hospitalist Program Profile:

• The Hospitalist Team of 6 Physicians will provide adult inpatient care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Each full time Hospitalist will provide up to 192 hours of clinical professional medical services per month.
• The Hospitalist Team will attend adult medicine inpatients, from admission to discharge, and will provide, as necessary, a variety of procedures in the ICU, respond to codes, unassigned ED call and complete consultations as requested.

Community:

• Southern charm and hospitality abound in this city located at the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers. Offering subtropical climate with an average annual temperature of 57 degrees, Paducah's beautiful neighborhoods grace the city making it a wonderful place to call home.
• The rejuvenated downtown area offers a quaint setting featuring museums, galleries, Four River Art Center, and one- of -a- kind restaurants.
• Paducah is know for its' excellent public and private school systems and offers higher education at West Kentucky Community College and the University of Kentucky Engineering School.
• Two of the largest man-made lakes are located just 30 minutes from Paducah offering boating, water sports, fishing, hunting and various outdoor activities from biking to hiking in the lush and beautiful lake surroundings.
• Paducah is located in the western portion of the state of Kentucky and is two hours from Nashville, Tennessee and three hours from St. Louis, Missouri.