Berkeley Vale Private Hospital

Name :

Berkeley Vale Private Hospital

Address  :

Lorraine Avenue

Town  :

Berkeley Vale

State  :

New South Wales

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

2261

Phone  :

02 4389 1970

Web URL  :


Description

About Berkeley Vale Private Hospital
A member of Ramsay Health Care Limited since July 2001 Berkeley Vale Private Hospital BVPH has 80 beds and provides services for rehabilitation surgical day surgical medical patients and a day psychiatric program

Support facilities include four operating theatres xray department onsite hydrotherapy pool and a variety of allied health services

A Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine directs rehabilitation services Programs are provided for neurological musculoskeletal orthopaedic amputee and other disabling conditions Some of these programs are designed for day patients

Almost every surgical discipline available on the Central Coast is represented at BVPH including orthopaedics urology general surgery gastroenterology ophthalmology oral and maxillofacial dental ENT gynaecology IVF services vascular and paediatric surgery

The majority of medical patients are admitted by local general practitioners Palliative Care patients are also cared for by their admitting general practitioners The Central Coast Area Health Service Palliative Care Team can be consulted as required


History

Berkeley Vale Private Hospital History
Berkeley Vale Private Hospital is the newest private hospital on the Central Coast being opened officially in August 1990

It was the first private hospital on the Central Coast to establish a comprehensive rehabilitation service which has been approved by all the health funds insurance companies Workcover and the Department of Veterans Affairs It is also the only local private hospital with a hydrotherapy pool

The hospital is also accredited by the independent Australian Council on Health Care Standards until November 2004
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