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Mission: Healthcare services
Programs: Natchitoches parish hospital ("nph") operates an 81 acute bed, 15 psychiatric bed and 112 bed nursing home facility. Nph provides 24-hour emergency care, regardless of the patient's ability to pay. Nph also has a physician clinic and ambulance substation in an outlying community to provide easier access to healthcare. Nph provides these services regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, disability or age. The hospital provided the following inpatient days of care: medicare medicaid totalacute 4,746 3,246 10,732psychiatric 2,408 329 3,386nursing home 3,892 25,178 37,192 nph is very active in the community. Nph hosts a number of health fairs for the community. The health fairs offer the community access to a number of free health screenings, access to vendors of interest for their health and a complete chemistry profile at a reduced price. Nph participates in the medicaid program and administers a charity care policy whereby free or discounted services are available to qualified finanially troubled individuals. Nph forgone $ 355,232 of charges for the year ended june 30, 2012. Nph participates in the ahec program which is a six week program for area high school junior and seniors to observe and assist in areas of interest as they prepare for college careers. Additionally, nph offers job shadowing to other interested students.
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