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Patient Focused Care

East Carroll Parish Hospital is built for patient focused care. From admission until discharge, patient care focuses on personal needs, comfort and convenience.


ECPH Employment

The East Carroll Parish Hospital a 23-bed Hospital Service District. East Carroll Parish Hospital continues to serve East Carroll Parish and the surrounding communities, including a 24-hour Emergency Room, an ambulance service, and two Rural Health Clinics.

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Community

Welcome to Lake Providence, Louisiana.


Lake Providence is a town in and the parish seat of East Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. The town shares its name with the oxbow lake of the Mississippi River, and remains largely rural. The Town of Lake Providence was incorporated in 1848 as Providence. It was a trading post on the Mississippi between the river ports of New Orleans and Memphis during the 1700's. According to legend, heavy pirate activity around the post was most precarious for traders and if a trader managed to escape, it was called an "act of Providence". Whether or not the legend is true the town became prosperous as cotton grew into a high value commodity and commerce bustled along the Mississippi river.

Schools

General Trass High School
Southside Elementary School
Griffin Middle Academy
Briarfield Academy