Bendigo Base Hospital is the major hospital of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. It is operated by Bendigo Health Care Group (commonly known as Bendigo Health). The hospital is the largest regional hospital in Victoria and one of the largest public hospitals in Australia with a total of 734 beds.[1] As of 2019, the hospital employs around 4,000 staff and provides a wide range of services to a catchment area covering one-fourth of the size of Victoria state.[2]
| Bendigo Base Hospital | |
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 Bendigo hospital from the corner of Lucan St and c329 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Coordinates | 36°43′58″S 144°16′06″E / 36.7327°S 144.2683°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | General, Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Monash University, La Trobe University |
| Network | Bendigo Health |
| Services | |
| Beds | 734 |
| Helipad | Yes (ICAO: YXBE) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1853 |
| Links | |
| Website | bendigohealth |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
History edit
In 1853, it was established as the Bendigo Gold District General Hospital.[3]
Campuses edit
The hospital consists of three major campuses in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional Victoria such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine. The main campus encompasses all acute medical beds, an intensive care unit, an emergency department, an acute psychiatric ward (the Alexander Bayne Centre) and an outpatients unit. The Anne Caudle Centre includes rehabilitation, geriatric rehabilitation and aged care beds. The Stella Anderson Nursing Home is a high level nursing home and the Primary Care Clinic is one of the only two bulk billing general practices in Bendigo.
Services and specialties provided edit
Medical specialities edit
- General medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric medicine
- Respiratory medicine
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Nephrology
- Cardiology
- Coronary care unit
- Renal dialysis unit
- Oncology
- Palliative care
Surgical specialities edit
- General surgery
- Orthopedic surgery
- Vascular surgery
- Thoracic surgery
- Plastic surgery
- Maxillofacial surgery
- Urology
- Ophthalmology
- Anaesthetics
Women and children edit
- Women's ward and birthing suite
- Children's ward
- Special care nursery
- Women's health clinics
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Paediatrics
Mental health edit
- Psychiatry
- Geriatric psychiatry
- CATT - Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team
- Community mental health
Miscellaneous edit
- Emergency department
- Intensive care unit
- Primary care centre
- Radiology
- Pathology
- Research
- Dental health
- Allied health
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Bendigo Hospital". Architecture & Design. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Annual Report 2018-19" (PDF). Bendigo Health. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Our History". Bendigo Health. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
External links edit
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