Ochsner Choctaw General

Name :

Ochsner Choctaw General

Address  :

401 Vanity Fair Avenue

Town  :

Butler

State  :

Alabama

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

36904

Phone  :

2054599100

Web URL  :

Ochsner Choctaw General
Specialization
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Physiology
  • Physiotherapy
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 25

Speciality Type :

  • Single Speciality : Physiotherapy

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • X-Ray
  • CT/MRI

Advance Facility

  • Medicine Facility
  • Medical Stores

Description

Ochsner Choctaw General is a 25bed critical access hospital located in Butler Alabama that provides a wide range of inpatient outpatient and emergency services Patients can be admitted to the hospital if their medical needs make that the best option A variety of other services are available on an inpatient and outpatient basis through the hospitalrsquos imaging laboratory and rehabilitative services including physical occupational and speech therapy

Patients are cared for under the direction of their physician by a licensed health care team including registered nurses physical therapists social workers dietitians pharmacists and other ancillary staff depending on the patientrsquos medical needs

An 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 hospitalists also act as hospital physicians which means they can admit and care for patients who do not have a physician who regularly admits patients at the hospital

Skilled nursing and rehabilitative care are available at Ochsner Choctaw General through the Swing Bed Program Those recovering from surgery a stroke a fracture or an extended medical illness and hospitalization can choose to rehabilitate at Ochsner Choctaw General whether or not they were hospitalized in another location
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