Baptist Health Paducah is a regional medical and referral center, serving about 200,000 patients a year from four states. The 373 bed-hospital provides a full range of services, including advanced cardiac and cancer care, diagnostic imaging, women’s and children’s services, including the region’s only Level 3 NICU, surgery, emergency treatment, 24/7 neurology coverage, rehabilitation, weight management and wound care.

The main campus covers eight square blocks in the city. In addition, Baptist Hospital Paducah offers more than 45 points of care throughout the region to make healthcare more convenient for area residents that include outpatient rehabilitation, occupational medicine, virtual care options in Paducah City Schools, imaging, lab, as well as a network of healthcare providers from Baptist Health Medical Group physician offices for patients in western Kentucky and southern Illinois.

The hospital is also designated Pathway to Excellence® for excellence in nursing services by the American Nursing Credentialing Center. It opened in 1953 as Western Baptist Hospital and changed its name in early 2013 to Baptist Health Paducah