Epworth Eastern

Details

Name :

Epworth Eastern

Address  :

1 Arnold Street

Town  :

Box Hill

State  :

Victoria

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

3128

Phone  :

03 8807 7100

Fax  :

03 8807 7800

Web URL  :


Description

Epworth Eastern situated in Box Hill is the largest notforprofit private hospital in Melbournes Eastern Corridor Opened in 2005 this state of the art hospital has 223 beds an 8 bed Intensive Care Unit a 6 bed Coronary Care Unit and private rooms Its principle focus is on cardiac vascular orthopaedic and general surgery oncology urology and endoscopy services

Epworth Eastern maintains state of the art equipment including one of Epworths two da Vinci robotic operating systems digital operating suites a computerised medication administration system and operates in a fully wireless environment


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