Elements of this profile updated: 10/07/2009
TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public
This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 10 July 2009
REVIEW DATE: August 2009
| Cairns Base Hospital | 88km |
| The Townsville Hospital | 262km |
| Hospital & Community Health Services | Acute Medical and Surgical; Accident and emergency; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Operating Theatres services; Aged Care Assessment and Restorative Care Services & Transition care; Palliative Care; Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug; Allied Health including Speech Pathology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy; Oral Health; Pathology; Radiography; Pharmacy and clinical support services; Renal Dialysis - Satellite service of Cairns Base Hospital; Chemotherapy; Specialist clinics. |
| Outpatient Clinic | Antenatal and antenatal classes; Obstetric occasions eg, CTG monitoring, neonatal screening; Wound Management / Dressing clinic; Anaesthetic clinic; Diabetes foot clinic. |
| Visiting Specialist Services / Outreach Services | Gynaecological FROGS (Obstetrics and Gynaecology clinic) every 6 weeks; Surgical - once per month; Vascular Surgeon - once per month; Gastroenterologist - once per month; Paediatric Services - once per month; Consultant physician - once very six to eight weeks; Foot clinic - 1 day per fortnight. |
| Community Health / Community Mental Health | School/Child Health Screening & Immunisation Clinics; Parent Education; Palliative Care; Aged Care Assessment; Cardiac Rehabilitation; Drug and Alcohol services; Mental Health Promotion; Multicultural Mental Health; Community Mental Health- Adult and Child & Adolescent; Dental Clinic; Diabetic Education; HACC Assessment; Home Help; School Based Youth Health; Primary School Based Youth Health; Health Promotion; Continence Assessment; Occupational therapy. |
| Visiting Community Health | Visiting Psychologist - weekly; Community Rehabilitation Service - weekly. |
Capital Works or Recent Improvements:
$42m refurbishment of the Innisfail Hospital. |
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