South Cameron Memorial Hospital opened its doors in 1963 as a 25-bed
acute care hospital. The idea for the hospital came after the deadly
Hurricane Audrey in 1957 that killed 390 people in Cameron Parish. The
American Legion made a substantial donation to assist the parish in
obtaining a hospital. Property owners in the region voted for a
$350,000 bond issue and federal Hill-Burton funds were obtained to
finance the new building.
South Cameron Memorial Hospital maintains sole community provider status and is
currently offers emergency services, inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory services and skilled nursing services for Cameron, Louisiana and the
area's several thousand oil and gas exploration personnel, commercial
and recreational fishermen.
South Cameron Memorial Hospital was
completely destroyed by Hurricane Rita in September 2005. The hospital
rebuilt and began operations in November 2007. On September 5, 2008,
Cameron was hit again. Hurricane Ike, the third most costly storm in
history with storm surge waters 11.5 feet tall, wiped out the the town
of Cameron.
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| Cameron after Hurricane Rita in 2005. |
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