Allegiance Medical Clinic | Northern Louisiana Medical Center
Family Medicine • Ruston, LA
About
Northern Louisiana Medical Center (NLMC) is a privately held, 70-bed acute care hospital in Ruston, Louisiana, serving the Ruston area since 2007. It offers a broad range of services, including a women’s center, cardiology and cardiac rehab, intensive care, orthopedics, pulmonology, and a Senior Circle program. NLMC's affiliated facility, the Ruston Surgical Center, provides outpatient surgery, pain management, and sleep studies. The organization employs about 39 people and has 2 offices in Ruston. LinkedIn shows modest follower growth. If you’re comparing with Allegiance Medical Clinic, NLMC is a separate hospital system with a broader acute care and specialty service profile in Ruston.
Clinic Type
Family Medicine
Address
1200 Celebrity Dr #1, Ruston, LA 71270
Phone
318-254-2113
Brandi.Boyd@ahmgt.com
Opening Hours
Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Birdeye (Northern Louisiana Medical Center): 2.7/5 (368 reviews)
- Healthgrades (Northern Louisiana Medical Center): not specified in provided snippet
- Yelp (Northern Louisiana Medical Center): not specified in provided snippet
Patients praise
- Some patients describe courteous/friendly/professional staff and timely care (Healthgrades review snippet).
- Hospital patient-rating page notes some patients praise communication from doctors.
Common complaints
- Complaints about unorganized/unprofessional/unhelpful staff and poor bedside manner (Yelp snippet).
- ER wait times described as long/very bad (OpenGovny snippet and hospitalstats stories).
- Rudeness toward patients and staff communication issues (OpenGovny snippet).
- Facility cleanliness concerns (hospitalstats negative mentions; hospitalstats story about unclean room).
"“If I could give this hospital negative stars… If you can go elsewhere, DO.”"
— OpenGovny (Northern Louisiana Medical Center) review excerpt"“The staff is unorganized, unprofessional, and unhelpful… they aren't even decent.”"
— Yelp (Northern Louisiana Medical Center) excerpt"“Bull shit been in here for 3hrs… other patients been waiting 2 days…”"
— hospitalstats.org stories excerpt (Northern Louisiana Medical Center)Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Allegiance Medical Clinic of Ruston - Louisiana Department of Health — Jul 1, 2026
- Omar Chaabo, MD | Northern Louisiana Medical Center — Aug 20, 2025
- Allegiance Medical Clinic Northside Family Practice — Aug 29, 2025
- Andrew Meyers, DO | Northern Louisiana Medical Center — Nov 19, 2025
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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