Coffs Harbour Hospital

A new Base Hospital at Coffs Harbour has recently been completed costing $80.6m. The new hospital provides upgraded core services and enhanced services in the areas of mental health; aged care and rehabilitation and some clinical support services and primary and community care services.

Medical Unit

The 48 bed Medical Unit provides a wide range of services to medical patients including rehabilitation, treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic illness and high dependency patients requiring cardiac monitoring. Located within the Medical and Therapeutic Care Centre the staff of the Medical Unit work closely with the Renal Unit, Cancer Services and the Aged Care Team to ensure the continuum of care for our patients is maintained. 

Critical Care Unit is a combined intensive care unit and coronary care unit. It consists of 5 intensive care beds, four of which are ventilated. Intensive care is a level II (JFICM) generalist unit and patients include both medical, surgical and trauma.

The Coronary Care unit has a well established Cardiac Rehab Service and is supported by an Exercise Stress Testing Service, Cardiac Echo Service, a Cardiologist and in the near future a Cardiac Catheter Lab.

The Emergency Department can, if requested, provide a retrieval service to other hospitals/roadside. The Emergency Department also have a team that can be mobilised for local or out of area disaster response.

Paediatric Unit (Children's Ward)

The Paediatric Unit has 16 spaces, each with room for a parent to stay overnight next to their child. The unit also features two, two-bed Adolescent Rooms, with their own lounge area, a children's playroom and a parent's lounge equipped with beverage facilities.

Day Surgery Unit (DSU)

This unit has the capacity 10 chairs and six beds and is situated close to the pre-admission theatre and adjacent to the operating theatres and Recovery Unit.

Surgical Unit

This is currently a 34 bed surgical unit but has the capacity to expand to 48 beds and is situated on the first level behind the Intensive Care Unit.

Birthing Unit

There are four Birthing Suites which open onto their own courtyard. All have en-suite facilities for the woman and her partner, including a shower and a deep spa-sized bath. 

Maternity Unit

In the Maternity Unit there are single and double rooms, all with electrically adjustable beds and en-suite bathrooms. The Maternity Unit opens onto a landscaped courtyard with its own children's playground for the entertainment of siblings visiting the new arrival.

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