Welcome! River Parishes Hospital is a Joint Commission-accredited hospital located in LaPlace, Louisiana, serving nearly 120,000 residents in St. Charles, St. John the Baptist and St. James Parishes. River Parishes Hospital includes nearly 140 physicians whose services are enhanced by highly skilled health care professionals. The 106-bed acute care facility features a Level II Nursery and a Level III Trauma Center.
Located on the Mississippi River, the city of LaPlace offers all of the benefits of small town living with the food, fun and cultural activities of the city of New Orleans, just minutes away. Beautiful plantation homes abound in the area, including Evergreen Plantation and San Francisco Plantation.
We proudly serve the residents of the River Parishes area!
Try a Healthy eRecipe today!
In conjunction with MyHealthHighway.com, River Parishes Hospital has published an online cookbook filled with more than 500 deli-cious, healthy recipes you can prepare for your family. Not sure how to choose chocolate, carmelize onions or stuff a pork loin? Watch a video and learn how. We also have hundreds of diabetic, healthy heart and gluten-free recipes. Explore our online cookbook.
Welcome Dr. Boyd!
River Parishes Hospital welcomes Clay N. Boyd, MD, a board certified urologist, to its active medical staff and to our community. Dr. Boyd earned his Doctor of Medicine from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his internship in Urology at Charity Hospital and his residency in Urology at LSU Medical School. Dr. Boyd is affiliated with the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. Read more.
RPH Runs Relay for Life
Two hospital teams participated in the 13th annual St. John Parish Relay for Life event, which was held recently at Riverside Academy's football field in Reserve. The River Parishes Hospital team raised nearly $2,900, and the LaPlace Medical Center Girls with Goals team raised $5,022 ranking them as the 2nd place fundraising team. Thirty teams raised a total of $58,000. Read more.