HOSPITALS

Ballarat Health Services - Ballarat Base Hospital

Ballarat Health Services is the largest regional hospital in the Grampians region, and as such, is the principal referral hospital for the entire Region, which extends from Bacchus Marsh to the South Australian border, an area of 48,000 square kilometres.

More than 224,000 people, or 4.4 per cent of the population of Victoria, live in the Grampians Region.

Ballarat Health Services employs 3000 staff to ensure optimum care is provided for all patients, families and visitors.

Ballarat Health Services was established on 1st of January 1997 to unite and enhance three respected public health services: Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat Base Hospital and Grampians Psychiatric Services.

Ballarat has a population of in excess of 88,000 people and is Australia's 20th largest city. The population of Ballarat is increasing at an annual rate of approximately one per cent.

For more information please visit: www.bhs.org.au

St John of God Hospital

St John of God Hospital, Ballarat was established in 1915 and is currently the largest private hospital in regional Victoria. It has 187 beds and provides a full range of medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and intensive care services to Ballarat and Victoria's western region.

On site radiotherapy services are provided in conjunction with Ballarat Health Services and the Austin Repatriation Medical Centre. Collaborative arrangements with other regional health care providers are continually pursued to better meet the needs of the community.

St John of God Hospital, Ballarat is a division of St John of God Health Care, one of Australia's largest health care providers.

For more information please visit: www.sjog.org.au