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Hospital emergency departments

Emergency departments provide you with urgent medical care. For less urgent concerns, your doctor, pharmacist or healthdirect can help.

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What to expect in a hospital intensive care unit (ICU)

The intensive care unit (ICU) provides 24-hour care from a highly-trained team of specialists. Learn more about what to expect from the ICU.

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Public and private hospitals – an overview

Discover the differences between public and private hospitals in Australia, including costs, services, and how to decide which option is best for you.

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Going home from hospital (discharge planning)

When you go home from hospital, it’s important that you know what to do so that you continue to get the right healthcare from the right people.

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Botulism

Botulism is a rare, potentially fatal illness causing paralysis, vision, swallowing and breathing problems. Botulism needs urgent hospital treatment.

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Private health insurance

Private health insurance can cover ambulance transport, hospital stays and extras, such as optical and dental. Learn more about health insurance here.

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Coma

In a coma, a person is alive but totally unresponsive to the world around them. Someone in a coma will need intensive care in hospital. Find out more here.

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Bowel obstruction

Bowel obstruction can cause serious health problems. If you have a bowel obstruction, you will usually need immediate treatment in hospital.

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Virtual care clinics

Virtual care clinics provide urgent care for non life-threatening situations from home or work so you don’t have to go to hospital emergency department.

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Find a health service

healthdirect Service Finder is a free service that helps you locate the nearest health services in any part of Australia. You can search for health services such as general practitioners, hospitals, dentists, psychologists, hospitals, mental health, optical, pathology, pharmacies and a wide range of others. Find contact details, opening hours and billing options as well as other useful information for these providers. The service finder is also available via the healthdirect mobile app.

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