Kirwan Health Campus is a health service located in the suburb of
Kirwan,
Queensland,
Australia
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, and is the main health facility serving residents in the
City of Townsville, about west of the
Townsville CBD.
The Kirwan Health Campus offers a range of specialist services and is not an emergency or general hospital, such services are provided out of the
Townsville Hospital in nearby
Douglas. The Health Campus opened on 21 June 2006 at the former Kirwan Hospital for Women.
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Kirwan Health Campus cost $20 million to redevelop, and is staffed by 230 health care professionals that can provide treatment and medical services to more than 150 families each day. This is the largest community health facility in Australia and was officially opened by Health Minister, Stephen Robertson.
Services
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program
* Mental health (including the Child and Youth Mental Health Service)
* Forensic mental health services
* Oral health services, including school-based services
* Rehabilitation and extended treatment
* Aged care
* Home care
* Artificial Limb and Appliance Service
* Home and Community Care Allied Health Outreach teamParklands Residential Aged Care Facility - Townsville Health Service District
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* Pathology Specimen Collection
History
What is today The Kirwan Health Campus started out as the Kirwan Hospital for woman & children and was the only hospital in what was Thuringowa city
The City of Thuringowa () was a city and local government area in North Queensland, Australia covering the northern and western parts of what is now Townsville. The suburb of Thuringowa Central is the main business centre in this area.
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. When the government built the New Townsville hospital, the Kirwan Hospital was closed and incorporated into the new Hospital.
Kirwan Woman's & Children's Hospital closed in 2002, to allow the $20 million redevelopment into the Kirwan Health Campus.
References
External links
Kirwan Health Campus website
Kirwan Community Health Facility
(write-up by Project Services, Queensland Government)
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Hospital buildings completed in 2006
Hospitals in Townsville
Hospitals established in 2006