Bendigo Base Hospital

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Bendigo Base Hospital
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Bendigo Base Hospital
Geography
Location Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates 36°43′58″S144°16′06″E / 36.7327°S 144.2683°E / -36.7327; 144.2683
Organisation
Funding Public hospital
Type General, Teaching
Affiliated university Monash University,
La Trobe University
Network Bendigo Health
Services
Beds734
Helipad Yes
(ICAO: YXBE)
History
Opened1853 (1853)
Links
Website bendigohealth.org.au
Lists Hospitals in Australia

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]

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History

In 1853, it was established as the Bendigo Gold District General Hospital. [3]

Campuses

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

Medical specialities

Surgical specialities

Women and children

Mental health

Miscellaneous

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bendigo Hospital". Architecture & Design. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Annual Report 2018-19" (PDF). Bendigo Health. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Our History". Bendigo Health. Retrieved 7 March 2020.


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