Goulburn Valley Health

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Goulburn Valley Health
GVHealthLogo.png
Name Goulburn Valley Health
Motto Caring for your Community
Address Graham Street
Shepparton, VIC
Australia 3630
Campuses Shepparton
Rushworth
Tatura

Goulburn Valley Health, formerly called the Goulburn Valley Base Hospital, is based in the regional city of Shepparton, 2 hours drive north of Melbourne, and caters for the 160,000 people in its region. Goulburn Valley Health is a 300-bed acute and extended care facility which provides surgical, medical, paediatric, obstetrics and gynaecology, intensive care and psychiatry services as well as extended care and regional services. As well as its main site in Graham Street, Shepparton, it has two smaller sites in the nearby towns of Rushworth and Tatura with acute and aged care beds. Goulburn Valley Health also has an affiliation with The University of Melbourne and La Trobe University.

In the year 2003–2004, GV Health -

  • treated 21,216 acute inpatients
  • had 28,896 emergency department presentations
  • had 87,960 outpatient occasions of service
  • had 969 births
  • treated 786 mental health patients
  • had 55 operational residential aged care beds (including specialist mental health beds)

Coordinates: 36°21′47″S 145°24′21″E / 36.3631°S 145.4059°E / -36.3631; 145.4059


Retrieved from ""