The hospital provides nuclear medicine, ultrasound, CAT scanning, intensive care, MRI, mammography and a 10 bed skilled nursing unit. Bladen County Hospital also operates three other rural health care centers at convenient locations in Bladen County. Bladen Urgent Care is located across the street from the hospital. Specialties include internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, surgery, ophthalmology and general medicine. Other health needs are served by the Bladen County Health Department and Mental Health Center, dentists, optometrists, home health agencies and hospice and five volunteer rescue squads.
Nursing homes are available.
Churches More than 20 churches serve the area. Shopping Elizabethtown is the main shopping center for the area. Small, family-owned businesses and large chain stores alike are growing and prospering. Recreation White Lake's first commercial operation opened in 1901. The town was incorporated in 1951 and has a population of approximately 1,200 year-round with about 200,000 tourists visiting the lake each summer.