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News & Events
This section is designed to bring you up-to-date on what is happening at Lafayette General. We welcome you to review current news releases (below), which often highlight upcoming events in addition to newsworthy press releases. Another great resource is our calendar of events, which will give you all the details on our classes, support groups and seminars.

Archived Newsletters


In the News
DatePress Release
4/27/2012 Free Parenting Classes
6/2/2010 Seminar on New Drug Therapies for Prostate Cancer
Dr. Michael Cain, oncologist, will discuss the new drug, Provenge . . .
5/26/2010 Slow Down. Kids Around! Summer Safety Check
5/25/2010 Colorectal Cancer Signs & Symptoms Seminar
4/22/2010 Lafayette General Goes Green for Earth Day, and Beyond
3/3/2010 Patient Treatment Area in ED Now Open
2/1/2010 Comprehensive Cancer Treatment & Research Center Announced
1/28/2010 Free Heart Month Events
1/25/2010 Free Colon Screening Kits During February
Lafayette General Endoscopy Center, Good Neighbor Pharmacies and KLFY
Join Together to Fight Colon Cancer
11/17/2009Lafayette General Receives Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™
Award is Based on Study, Which Finds Patients Treated at 5-Star Hospitals are 80% Less Likely to Experience a Major Complication
11/10/2009Tiny Incisions for the Littlest Patients
da Vinci® Treatment Option for some Pediatric Urologic Surgeries
10/05/2009Lafayette General Medical Center Embarks Upon Total Renovation Project
A $70 Million Renovation Project has begun!
7/21/2009 First in Louisiana to Offer New Artery Clearing Device
7/1/2009 Baby's Gonna Go Far—A Breastfeeding Seminar
6/30/2009 Advanced Medical Supplies and Services Receives Accreditation
6/15/2009 Learn More About Prostate Cancer
6/3/2009 Home Health Achieves Platinum Quality Award from LHCR
5/26/2009 National Cancer Survivors Day Proclaimed June 9
5/8/2009 Hospital's Advertising Honored at National, State Level

4/27/2009 Hospital Responds to Swine Influenza Health Advisory
4/10/2009 Outstanding Nurses Honored
4/7/2009 Patient Safety Excellence Award from HealthGrades
3/23/2009 Single-Incision Gallbladder Removal
3/18/2009 Upcoming Community CPR Class
2/27/2009 Expanded Pediatric ER Hours
2/13/2009 Apply for LPN, Radiology Schools
1/29/2009 Heart Month Activities: All About Prevention
1/16/2009 LGMC First Hospital in Louisiana to Use Genetic-Based Technology To Test for Respiratory Disease
1/13/2009 Dr. Mohamad Allam Named Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Services
12/26/2008January Man to Man Seminar on Living with Prostate Cancer
12/1/2008 Highly Successful United Way Campaign Wraps
View photos from the Cook-off, and the costume contest, by clicking here.
11/18/2008Lafayette General Imaging Joins National Study
10/28/2008Flu Shots at Urgent Care Centers
10/27/2008Diabetes Awareness Fair
10/14/2008Lafayette General Receives Clinical Excellence Award for Spine Surgery


09/04/2008Urgent Care Centers for Minor Emergencies
08/31/2008For Employees - LGMC Calls Code Green
07/17/2008Community CPR Classes
07/08/2008New Tour Schedule for the Pavilion
06/13/2008New Front Lobbies Now Open
5/21/2008 BIRTHday Bash, Featuring Bestselling Author
02/26/2008Diabetes Support Group & Self-Management Program
02/11/2008Know Your Numbers Acadiana!
02/08/2008Stories Behind the Scars - Three men share their minimally invasive surgery experience.
12/31/2007Lafayette General Medical Center Acquires Second da Vinci Robot
12/27/2007Life Writing Classes Beginning
11/01/2007Flu Immunization Clinics
06/23/2007LGMC Welcomes Dr. Bruce Jones, cardiovascular & thoracic surgeon
05/02/2007Bariatric Surgery Program is Set Apart by Patient Care
04/25/2007CyberKnife® Opens at LGMC - Tumors Considered Inoperable Now Within Reach



   

 

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