The Townsville Hospital

Details

Name :

The Townsville Hospital

Address  :

100 Angus Smith Drive

Town  :

Douglas

State  :

Queensland

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

4814

Phone  :

07 4796 1111

Web URL  :


Description

The new first class Townsville Hospital TTH incorporates the Townsville General Hospital and Kirwan Hospital for Women It offers world class health care services in a stateoftheart health care facility It is the largest hospital in provincial Australia and supports the local community as well as people in the north to Thursday Island and Papua New Guinea west to Mount Isa and south to Sarina

The Townsville Hospital provides a comprehensive healthcare environment that has been designed with a patientfriendly approach to layout and location of services The clustering of services from the same disciplines as well as the new model of care promotes familiarity with staff and easy access for patients and their families

This new hospital of 460 beds is the major tertiary referral hospital of the Northern Zone and has been designed to cater for continuing developments in medical technology and patient care It is the major teaching hospital of the James Cook University School of Medicine and is closely affiliated with the University of Queensland and James Cook University The Rural Health Training Unit also has a close association with the hospital and a number of rural skills posts are available

The District seeks out skilled and experienced staff in every field and the importance of the hospitals vast region is clearly represented by the employment of approximately 72 fulltime specialist staff and 48 visiting specialists Many of the Specialists and Allied Health Services conduct outreach clinics at other hospitals throughout the District and across other Districts Some 3000 health service staff are employed within the Townsville Heath Service District
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