Swan Hill Districts Hospital

Details

Name :

Swan Hill Districts Hospital

Address  :

Splatt St
PO Box 483

Town  :

Swan Hill

State  :

Victoria

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

3585

Phone  :

03 5033 9300

Fax  :

03 5032 9528

Web URL  :


Description

About Us
Swan Hill District Health is located on the Murray River Our City and surrounding population of 30000 enjoy a temperate climate and excellent educational and sporting opportunities Outstanding golfing tennis and aquatic sporting facilities are easily accessible and along with our natural river environment facilitate a relaxing lifestyle among very friendly people We offer a range of general and specialist acute care services residential aged care and primary health care services



Founded by a group of concerned squatters of the district in the 1860s Swan Hill District Health has today become a symbol of the hopes and strivings the courage and generosity of the community it has served for more than a century Beset with difficulties from the outset the hospital has managed to overcome constant financial and staffing problems with the help of the surrounding community



The inhabitants of Swan Hill have everything to make them seriousYet they are a cheerful and hopeful people boasting proudly that there is not a penny owing on their local hospital



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