Austin Hospital

Part of Austin Health

General Info

Austin Hospital provides specialised services and care for Victorians.

Austin Hospital features:an expansive Emergency Department that treats nearly 90,000 patients each year and houses a 6-bed children's unit and state-of-the-art 24-bed Short Stay Unit for adults, children and mental health clients a 22-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) that is recognised as one of the world's leading research ICUs our Surgery and Endoscopy Centre, where we perform all emergency surgery as well as a large number of elective surgery and endoscopy proceduresa Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory that performs over 2000 catheterisations and 600 other emergency cardiology procedures each year a specialised 26-bed Spinal Unit servicing Victoria and Tasmania the leading epilepsy centre in Australia, which treats patients from all around the country, New Zealand and South East Asia an 82-bed mental health precinct the home of Austin LifeSciences and a number of state-of-the-art teaching, training and research facilities We are home to a number of statewide services:Ventilation Weaning Unit Victorian Liver Transplant Unit Victorian Respiratory Support Service Victorian Spinal Cord Service Victorian Toxicology Service Victorian Poisons Information Centre

Other Link

• www.austin.org.au

Category

Hospitals--Public