Laird Memorial Hospital is a 50-bed community hospital that is located in Kilgore, Texas. This community hospital is surrounded by the green pine forests and clear blue lakes of East Texas. The history of the city of Kilgore is long and unusual and it has set the stage for the unique community that it is today. Kilgore has a rich oil heritage which is blended with a technologically advanced business community that provides an incomparable quality of life to the residents. Kilgore has 12,000 residents but it also draws people from Gregg and Rusk counties; the combined population of Kilgore is of 160,000 inhabitants. This city is located near Longview, Tyler, Shreveport and Dallas.
This hospital has a beautiful 10-bed Emergency Department, 24 hour Lab, MRI and Cat Scan. The Medical staff of Laird Memorial Hospital includes Primary Care, Surgery, OB/Gyn and Ortho. The Administration of this hospital is supportive, the nursing staff is integrated by caring professionals who see the patients as people; these healthcare professionals want to provide the best healthcare possible in order to satisfy their needs. At Laird Memorial Hospital there is no on-call, there are X-rays in the E.D. and 12-hour physician shifts.