Many local hospitals will remain open during Hurricane Francine, but plan to close their clinics in advance of the storm.

Katie Johnston, communications director for Baton Rouge General, says the hospital system has generators with extra fuel and emergency power plans have been put in place.

“We were busy in real time with all of our storm preparations, from planning necessary personnel and sleeping quarters to evacuation plans and checking food and medicine supplies,” Johnston says.

Camryn Curtis McCarter, marketing and communications specialist at Our Lady of the Lake Health, says the system’s emergency preparedness team will stay in touch with local and state agencies to assist the community. The hospital has also brought in its emergency supplies, including water, linens and personal protective equipment, to maintain operations during the storm.

Here is a list of hospitals and clinics and their operating plans during the storm.

Baton Rouge General

Open: All Baton Rouge General Hospital locations and emergency departments – Bluebonnet, Mid City and Ascension – will remain open. Baton Rouge General’s outpatient wound care and outpatient therapy will be open until noon Wednesday.

Closures: Baton Rouge General Physicians clinics and Express Care locations will be closed Wednesday. Outpatient imaging clinics will remain closed except for a small number of early morning appointments.

Ochsner Health

Open: The emergency room remains open and emergency operations are being performed.

Closures: Clinics will be closed all day Wednesday. Select elective and outpatient procedures will be performed and some stand-alone clinics will remain open in the morning. All urgent care facilities in Baton Rouge will close at noon Wednesday.

Health of Our Lady of the Lake

Open: Hospitals and emergency rooms remain fully operational throughout Francine.

Closures: The clinics are closed on Wednesday. Patient appointments were postponed, rescheduled or switched to virtual visits before the storm.

Gynaecological Clinic:

Open: The women’s hospital remains open for inpatient and emergency care.

Closures: Clinics will be closed and all elective procedures and surgeries will be cancelled. The Woman’s Retail Pharmacy will close at 10am on Wednesday. The hospital is tentatively scheduled to reopen on Thursday. The outpatient clinics will open at 10 a.m.