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10/08/2025

🎀Our Mammography Department at Rapides Women's and Children's Hospital is ready to care for you this Breast Cancer Awareness Month! 💗

We’re proudly wearing our pink gloves in honor of the survivors, the fighters, and the loved ones we remember. Early detection saves lives — schedule your mammogram today and join us in the fight against breast cancer.

10/07/2025

💗 On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink! 💗

Join us each Wednesday in October as we turn Central Louisiana pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! 🎀

Wear your favorite pink and show your support for survivors, fighters, and the importance of early detection. Together, we can make a difference — one Wednesday at a time! 💕

10/03/2025

Alexandria Football and Tioga Indians Football turned in two more strong performances during Week 4 of the high school football season to remain atop the Kick Cancer scoreboard. More importantly, our Rapides Parish high schools have now raised $1,000 for the American Cancer Society. And, congratulations to Holy Savior Menard Central High School for winning Thursday's night Squirrel Bowl against Buckeye. Good luck to all of our other schools in action tonight.

10/02/2025

When every second mattered, the team at Rapides Regional Trauma Center was there for Pineville High junior, Jaxon Gaspard.

On July 4, Jaxon’s ATV accident left him unconscious with a skull fracture and bleeding on his brain. He was airlifted to Rapides Regional Trauma Center, where our physicians, nurses and colleagues moved quickly to provide lifesaving care and support for his family through one of the hardest days of their lives.

Today, Jaxon is back in school and making a full recovery. 🙌

His mom, Debbie, shared:

“He received the absolute BEST CARE at both the main hospital and Rapides Women’s and Children's Hospital. From the nurses, PAs, CNAs and food service, everyone went out of their way to ensure that not only he was taken care of, but that we were, too. We couldn’t be more thankful.”

Stories like Jaxon’s remind us why we do what we do: to give patients and families hope, healing and the best possible care, every single day. 💙

10/01/2025

💗🦆 What an incredible day for our duck launch at our Quack for a Cure!

We couldn’t have asked for a better turnout to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Seeing so many of our colleagues, survivors, families, and friends gathered together filled our hearts with hope and reminded us why this cause matters so deeply.

Every pink duck in the fountain represents love, courage, and the fight for a cure. 💕

Thank you to everyone who joined us today—you made this launch not just special, but unforgettable. Together, we are stronger. Together, we quack for a cure.

09/27/2025

👟Louisiana Christian University's Walktober is back, and Rapides Regional Medical Center is proud to help sponsor this great event that encourages our community to be active this fall.

Walkotber is a virtual fitness challenge and a fun way to stay active while connecting with friends, colleagues and the community.

“One of our favorite fitness challenges to offer the community each fall is Walktober. This will be our 4th year to offer the virtual challenge,” said Sonia Tinsley, chair of Health and Exercise Science at LCU. “The weather is beginning to cool off, so this is a great time of the year to get more active. Being more active benefits us in all areas of life – physically, socially, mentally, and the list goes on!”

Louisiana Christian University is holding a kickoff event on Oct. 1 at the Parrish Fuller Fitness Trail on its campus from 4 to 6 p.m. During this event, there will be a community walk, and at 5:30 p.m., a yoga session for beginners will be held. Those present who sign up for Walktober will receive a complimentary T-shirt. 👕

If you can’t attend but still want to participate, here’s how it works:

Track your steps weekly and submit them online.
Choose your category: Individual, Student Athlete, or Team/Group.
🏆🏅Prizes:
• Individuals and Student Athletes – awarded to the top step counts in each age group.
• Team/Group – awarded to the group with the highest average step count.

Plus, every week random prize drawings will be held for participants who submit their steps.

09/26/2025

🎣🦌 Tomorrow is National Hunting and Fishing Day – Saturday, September 27!

Come join us for a fun-filled day of outdoor activities, learning, and celebrating the traditions of hunting and fishing. Bring your friends and family and enjoy everything this special day has to offer!

We want to make sure your time in the great outdoors is a safe and healthy experience. Come learn with us and register for a free ATV helmet.

👉 Don’t miss out – we’ll see you there!

09/25/2025

💜 September is NICU Awareness Month, and we’re grateful for our incredible colleagues who care for the tiniest patients with the biggest hearts.

In the NICU, even the tools are specially made—like the difference between a regular stethoscope and a preemie stethoscope, perfectly sized for the little hearts we care for each day. 👶💜

Thank you to our NICU team for the compassion, skill, and hope you bring to families.

09/24/2025

🚗👶 National Seat Check Saturday, sponsored by Rapides Regional Trauma Center and the Louisiana State Police, will be taking place on Saturday, September 27 from 9 a.m. – Noon at Rapides Regional Medical Center, Medical Terrace Building (211 4th Street, Alexandria).

Certified technicians will be on-site to make sure your child’s car seat is installed properly—because the right fit can save lives.

Also, free car seats are available with registration. Please register at https://bit.ly/4gEWYgB

✅ Don’t miss this chance to keep your little ones safe.

09/23/2025

Sometimes it’s the smallest details that remind us just how tiny and fragile our neonatal intensive care patients are. Take a look at the difference between a regular Band-Aid and the special preemie Band-Aids we use in the NICU—made small enough for the tiniest of patients.

September is NICU Awareness Month, and we’re shining a light on the incredible work of our team in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Rapides Women’s & Children’s Hospital.
We are proud of our NICU staff, who provide expert care, compassion, and hope for babies and their families every single day. 💜👶

Address

501 Medical Center Drive
Alexandria, LA
71301

Telephone

+13187693000

Website

https://rapidesregional.com/

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Alexandria’s First Dedicated Hospital for Women and Children

Rapides Women’s and Children’s Hospital provides quality care for the entire family, while offering specialized services designed to fit your busy lifestyle. Our women’s healthcare services include obstetrics, gynecology, mammography, bone density testing, cosmetic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, osteoporosis prevention and education and breast self-exam education.

Our four-story facility is connected to the Medical Pavilion, a four-story physician office building – which is home to many of our OB/GYNs, the Rapides Specialty Clinic, cosmetic surgery and pediatricians. The hospital offers 10 Labor/Delivery/Recovery suites to accommodate natural births or those involving anesthesia. Five on-site surgery suites are dedicated to inpatient gynecological procedures, day surgery and cosmetic surgery.

The fourth floor of RWCH is home to central Louisiana’s largest, most innovative Newborn Intensive Care Unit. This 32-bed facility is staffed with two neonatologists and nurses trained specifically in the care of sick or premature infants. RWCH is also home to Central Louisiana’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. This six-bed unit is staffed by Pediatric Intensivists. In addition, RWCH offers a 19-bed pediatric unit, 29-bed well baby nursery and 26 OB/post-partum unit.