The mission of Earl K. Long Medical Center is to provide acute general medical, surgical, psychiatric, inpatient and ambulatory medical care for the medically indigent, uninsured, Medicaid and Medicare eligible, and self-paying patients for an eight-parish area around Baton Rouge; and to provide the clinical environment for medical education of physicians and paramedical personnel. In addition, Earl K. Long Medical Center will foster innovation and leadership in the delivery of efficient and effective medical treatment and education. Earl K. Long Medical Center is currently staffed for 204 beds.