Grayson County War Memorial Hospital opened its doors in 1951 as a 20-bed Leitchfield hospital, but it has grown immensely in the decades since, and is now known as the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center (270) 259-9400 at 910 Wallace Avenue.

The 75-bed, acute care facility is located in a 1979 two-story structure. The obstetrics department was renovated and expanded. Twin Lakes Regional is also proud of a $3 million project to build a new emergency department and expand the radiology department.

No longer just a county hospital, Twin Lakes Regional is one of the state’s premier rural facilities, earning national recognition and awarded in 1998 “Accreditation with Commendation”from the national Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, as well as designated as a “Top Performer” in the 1999 Performance Review, A Guide to U.S. Hospitals from the Center of Health Industry Performance Studies.

The medical staff has quadrupled in the past two decades, now including 24 highly skilled physicians in 10 specialities. The hospital offers outpatient specialty clinics, such as oncology and neurology, numerous diagnostic testing capabilities, and much more, including home health, rehabilitation services and The Ralph G. Thomas Ambulatory Surgery Center. Twin Lakes Regional has evolved and expanded through the years to meet the ever-changing needs of the residents of Grayson and surrounding counties.

The Grayson County Health Department (270-259-3141), a division of the Lincoln Trail District Health Department, is located at 124 E. White Oak, Leitchfield offering numerous health-related services. The health department employs 22 and is open weekdays.

Available at the health department are immunizations, nutritional education, STD testing, a TB clinic, well-child examinations, cancer screenings, communicable disease control, early and pediatric screening, environmental services, home health care, family planning, and WIC. Income guidelines are applicable for many of the services. The health department maintains birth and death records and county vital statistics.

Our elderly are valued in Grayson County and we offer assistance to them in several ways. Grayson County Adult Day Services (270-230-0059) opened its doors in 1999 at 1617 Brandenburg Road in Leitchfield providing adult day care services weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The facility offers constructive, stimulating social activities, a hot meal, and snacks in a healthy adult environment. Respite care is available.

Two fine nursing homes are located in Grayson County. Grayson Manor (270-259-4028) is a 102-bed facility located at 505 E. Lake Drive in Leitchfield offering all levels of patient care along with rehabilitation and other services.

Leitchfield Health Care Manor (270-259-4036) is a 68-bed nursing home facility at 186 Wallace Avenue in Leitchfield providing all levels of care, in-house therapy and other services.