Thursday Island Hospital Profile
 | Thursday Island is the administrative and commercial centre of the Torres Strait Island region. The island has an area of about 3.5km2. At the 2016 census, Thursday Island had a population of 2900. Thursday Island Hospital is the referral hospital for seventeen Primary Health Care Centres in the Torres Strait Islands. These are grouped in island clusters as follows:
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 | There are 26 general/medical beds and 6 maternity beds at Thursday Island Hospital. |
 | Thursday Island Hospital provides the region with healthcare services, including general medicine, maternity, paediatrics, emergency, operating suite, pharmacy, radiology, social work, speech pathology and podiatry. |
 | Financial assistance is available through the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme to eligible patients who need to travel to other hospitals for procedures and tests not available locally. |
 | Telehealth services are available for linking with other facilities via video-conference for patients. |
Address
Street Address: 163 Douglas Street, THURSDAY ISLAND QLD 4875
Postal Address: PO Box 391, THURSDAY ISLAND QLD 4875
Phone
+61 7 40690200
Fax
+61 7 40690665
Office Hours
0830 - 1700hrs
HHS website
Visit Torres and Cape HHS website
Distance to main referring hospital
Cairns Base Hospital - Flight 798kms
Hospital services
- General Medicine
- Maternity
- High-dependency Unit
- Paediatrics
- Emergency Services
- Operating Suite
- Sterilisation Services
Allied Health services
- Podiatry
- Pharmacy
- Radiography
- Physiotherapy
- Dietetics
- Occupational Therapy
- Social Worker
- Speech Pathology
- Social Work
Outreach services
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Dietician
- Podiatry
- Radiography (Saibai)
- Midwifery
Home and Community Care (HACC)
Thursday Island Primary Health Care Centre
Visiting Specialists
- Chest (Respiratory for paediatrics at Primary Health Centre)
- Dental - paediatrics primarily
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Endoscopic Services
- Liver
- Ear Nose & Throat
- Deadly Ears
- General Physician (includes adult & paediatric Cardiology)
- General Surgery
- FROGS - Gynaecology / Obstetrics
- Ophthalmology
- Optometry
- Orthopaedics
- Paediatric Surgery
- Paediatrician
- Psychiatrist - Adult
- Psychiatrist - Child & Youth
- Renal
Capital works or recent improvements
As of June 2021, construction is currently underway with the hospital's $36 million redevelopment. Visit Infrastructure projects web page for a list of projects completed or underway in our region to deliver better healthcare for you.
