Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, the main campus of the Memorial Health System, is the region's largest family-centered medical complex, serving the healthcare needs of Southwest Louisiana. Memorial Health System is locally-owned and operated by a Board of Trustees from the community it serves and is fully licensed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Established in 1952, the main campus consists of 313 licensed acute care beds on Oak Park Boulevard. Memorial is constantly striving to improve the patient experience by offering the best quality of care in terms of both state-of-the-art innovations and treatment options, as well as the commitment of our dedicated and compassionate staff. The main campus provides the largest array of specialty, emergency, trauma and critical care services in the community. With the largest emergency department and the only Level III trauma center in the region, Memorial provides much needed trauma services to the community. Complemented by our state-of-the art Medical Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Memorial has the largest critical care capacity in southwest Louisiana with a total of 34 intensive care beds.