Box Hill Hospital
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Box Hill hospital is a teaching hospital in Melbourne
, Victoria
. It is one of the seven hospitals that are governed within the Eastern Health network which provides health care services across the Eastern metropolitan area of Victoria.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. It is one of the seven hospitals that are governed within the Eastern Health network which provides health care services across the Eastern metropolitan area of Victoria.
Services
The Box Hill hospital provides the following services:- Emergency care
- general and specialist medicine
- intensive care
- mental healthMental healthMental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
services for children, adolescents and adults - maternity services
- post acute care programs
- specialist surgery
The Box Hill Hospital Redevelopment Project
On 9 December 2009, the Victorian government approved $407.5 million in funding for the redevelopment of the Box Hill Hospital. Plans for a new building to be constructed over the car park at the rear of the hospital and the Clive Ward building area are underway, with works expected to be completed in 2015. The total area of the new building will be over 32,000 square meters.New facilities
The new block will enable the hospital to provide care to around 7,000 additional people each year and will include:- a larger emergency department
- a dedicated precinct for women's and children's services
- a new intensive care unit
- additional inpatients wards
- six new operating theatres
- critical acute services
See also
- List of hospitals in Australia
- Healthcare in Australia