THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION IS TO RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS, EDUCATION, SERVICES AND RESEARCH FOR THE BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS FOR A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE GREATER BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CARDIOVASCULAR, DIABETES, CANCER, BURN, REHABILITATION SERVICES, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.