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FACILITY PROFILE

Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Health Service District - Bamaga Hospital

Elements of this profile updated: 01/05/2009



TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public

This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 01 May 2009
REVIEW DATE: June 2009


Physical Address: Sagaukaz Street BAMAGA Qld 4876
Postal Address: C/-Post Office BAMAGA Qld 4876
General Phone: +61 7 4069 3166
General Fax: +61 7 4069 3314
Zone:
Office Hours: 0830 to 1700

Distance to Main Referral hospital(s):
Cairns Base Hospital 850km
The Townsville Hospital 1200km
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital 2900km

Facility Services:

Hospital Inpatients - acute general, 24 hour cover, 14 beds - two nursing home type beds and two emergency beds and one maternity; Outpatients - daily, emergency care.
Specialist Services General Medicine, Maternity / Child / Respiratory Health, Family Support, Quality Lifestyle.
Clinics Available (Visiting Medical Officer) Includes: Obstetrician / Gynaecologist; Physician; Chest Physician; Paediatrician; Ophthalmology, Diabetes
Allied Health Services (Visiting District Services based at Thursday Island Hospital) Radiography; Pharmacy, Podiatry



Capital Works or Recent Improvements:

* Construction for a $4 million redevelopment of Bamaga Hospital was completed in October 1999. The redevelopment included a new 14 bed Hospital.



Measured Quality For The Facility:

Please refer to the Quality Measurement Management Action Reports for details.