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 778 beds. 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.
History In 1853, it was established as the Bendigo Gold District General Hospital.
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 General medicine Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatric medicine Respiratory medicine Rehabilitation medicine Nephrology Cardiology Coronary care unit Renal dialysis unit Oncology Palliative care
Surgical specialities General surgery Orthopedic surgery Vascular surgery Thoracic surgery Plastic surgery Maxillofacial surgery Urology Ophthalmology Anaesthetics
Women and children Women's ward and birthing suite Children's ward Special care nursery Women's health clinics Obstetrics and gynaecology Paediatrics
Mental health Psychiatry Geriatric psychiatry CATT - Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team Community mental health
Miscellaneous Emergency department Intensive care unit Primary care centre Radiology Pathology Research Dental health Allied health
See also List of hospitals in Australia
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