St John of God Hospital, Warrnambool

Details

Name :

St John of God Hospital, Warrnambool

Address  :

136 Botanic Road

Town  :

Warrnambool

State  :

Victoria

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

3280

Phone  :

61 03 5564 0600

Web URL  :


Description

Welcome to St John of God Hospital Warrnambool
St John of God Hospital Warrnambool is a 70bed hospital established in 1939 The redeveloped hospital opened in 1994 provides medical surgical maternity oncology paediatric services and onsite diagnostic services to the people of SouthWest Victoria Onsite consulting suites and visiting medical and surgical specialists eliminate the need for people to travel to metropolitan centres for medical care

St John of God Hospital Warrnambool is a division of St John of God Health Care one of Australias largest health care providers



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