Riverland Medical Center serves rural Concordia Parish in eastern central Louisiana, about 180 miles north of New Orleans along the Mississippi River. Concordia Parish residents experience the challenges of persistent poverty as well as high rates of chronic conditions such as obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and high cholesterol. New Parish Hospital: An architects rendering shows what Riverland Medical Center officials hope the new hospital will look like. The new state-of-the-art facility is on an approximately 20-acre lot in east Ferriday off of US 84, in the vicinity of Marsala Beverage of Ferriday, 6647 US 84 and Camelot Leisure Living, 6818 US 84.
