The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is pleased to announce that Abbeville General has earned 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Recognition as a certified level 7. Please CLICK HERE to read the full Press Release.
Louisiana Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Booster Recommendations: The CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in certain...
Community experts held a discussion, entitled, “Defeating COVID-19 Answering the Community’s Questions About Vaccines.” This presentation, hosted by the United Way, is an excellent way to learn more about the facts concerning the COVID vaccine....
UPDATED Clinic hours for Hurricane Ida: The AGH Clinic will be OPEN Monday, August 30th from 7am – 5pm. The clinic, located at 2419 Alonzo Street, will be the only Rural Health Clinic location open this day. Urgent Care patients can walk-in to the AGH Clinic for...
Please join us in congratulating Beth Romero as Abbeville General Hospital’s 2020 Employee of the Year! Beth truly goes above and beyond to care for patients in our Behavior and Medicine Center, and has been a valuable member of a staff for over 10 years. She is...
Forecasts indicate severe tropical weather is headed toward Louisiana late Sunday/early Monday. With the threat of storm damage and flooding comes health risks, especially for those in need of life-saving medication and devices. Now is the time to go through this list...
Dr. Elliot Scott is now offering surgical services to patients in the Maurice Community Care Clinic and the Erath/Delcambre Community Care Clinic. Dr. Scott, originally from Lafayette, received his BA at The University of the South (Sewanee) and his MD from...
Abbeville General is now offering Monoclonal Antibody (Outpatient) Infusion Therapy for COVID patients meeting criteria. This therapy is being offered Monday-Friday at the hospital. Referral can be made for any patient who is considered higher risk by criteria...
Center for Disease Control (CDC) now recommends that people whose immune systems are compromised moderately to severely and are fully vaccinated with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine should receive an additional dose of that same mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Widespread vaccination...
Delta Variant is now the dominant strain of COVID in our country and region, making up most (approximately 83%) of cases. CLICK HERE for more information on the Delta Variant. In order to accommodate the surge in demand for COVID-19 vaccines, the Rural Health Clinics...
