Mercy Hospital for Women

Details

Name :

Mercy Hospital for Women

Address  :

163 Studley Road

Town  :

Heidelberg

State  :

Victoria

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

3084

Phone  :

03 8458 4444

Web URL  :


Description

Mercy Hospital for Women
Mercy Hospital for Women is a major Victorian hospital providing public and private care for women and babies

We are a leader in womens health care including maternity gynaecology and neonatal care

In 2005 the hospital moved to a new stateoftheart building in Heidelberg offering 229 beds in Australias newest womens hospital

The hospital has Level 3 specialist teaching accreditation in obstetrics gynaecology gynaecological oncology neonatology and anaesthetics
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