Broken Hill Health Service is a major rural referral centre and provides a range of inpatient, outpatient and community health services.
Broken Hill Base Hospital is part of ^Far West Local Health District.|| http://www.fwlhn.health.nsw.gov.au//^
Services we provide:
General medical, surgical, obstetric, paediatric, dialysis and special care beds, as well as theatre, palliative care, intensive and coronary care units. Support services include radiology and pathology departments, as well as a wide range of allied and primary health services.
Broken Hill Hospital provides a unique range of medical services to the community through the provision of specialist clinics located within the Health Service. The specialist clinics are staffed by a combination of visiting medical officers (VMO's), staff specialists, nursing and clerical staff who are employed by the Hospital.
The specialist services provided include; general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, cardiology, urology, oncology, plastic surgery, ear, nose and throat, nephrology and vascular surgery.
Hospital personnel:
Director of Nursing and Midwifery 08 8080 1333
Dr Kathleen Atkinson, Medical Director 08 8080 1333
Ken Barnett, General Manager 08 8080 1472
For information on the latest performance reporting on Elective Surgery, Emergency Departments and Patient Ratings of Care click ^here.||http://www.bhi.nsw.gov.au^
For information on healthcare associated infections by hospital click ^here.||http://www.myhospitals.gov.au^