Western Private Hospital

Details

Name :

Western Private Hospital

Address  :

1-9 Marion Street

Town  :

Footscray

State  :

Victoria

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

3011

Phone  :

03 9318 3177

Fax  :

03 9318 3590

Web URL  :


Description

Welcome to Western Private Hospital
WPH offers acute medical surgical oncology and cardiology care Our facility includes 26 overnight beds including a 5 bed Coronary Care Unit 6 day beds 6 day oncology chairs with 2 state of the art operating theatres and a cardiac catheter laboratory Uniquely WPH offers the only private day oncology cardiac catheter laboratory service and coronary care unit for people living west of Melbourne With the help of the EJ Whitten Foundation the EJ Whitten Cancer Treatment Centre has been established at the Western Private Hospital and is supported by a range of comprehensive diagnostic and radiation oncology services all available onsite

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