YDHS Client Information Booklet (396kb pdf) - GHA Central
YDHS Client Information Booklet (396kb pdf) - GHA Central
YDHS Client Information Booklet (396kb pdf) - GHA Central
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About Yarram & District Health<br />
Service<br />
Yarram & District Health Service (<strong>YDHS</strong>) comprises a 20 bed<br />
public hospital, a 30 bed residential care facility–St. Elmo’s<br />
Nursing Home–and provides an extensive range of community<br />
based services.<br />
Yarram & District Hospital was inaugurated in 1912 and admitted<br />
its first patient in January 1917. In 1993, the hospital name was<br />
changed to the Yarram & District Health Service to reflect its<br />
evolution into an integrated health service, catering for the needs<br />
of the wider community.<br />
<strong>YDHS</strong> underwent a significant redevelopment resulting in an<br />
increase in bed numbers in St. Elmo’s from 10 to 30 and the<br />
expansion and modernisation of the acute/hospital area including<br />
Casualty. Construction commenced in 2002 and the<br />
redevelopment officially opened in April 2004.<br />
<strong>YDHS</strong> provides 24 hour emergency care to the community<br />
through our Casualty department. <strong>YDHS</strong> Casualty is an<br />
unfunded service, which means that there is no direct funding<br />
from the Government to provide this service and the costs are<br />
therefore borne by <strong>YDHS</strong> and the client. The Casualty<br />
Department is serviced by private General Practitioners and<br />
<strong>YDHS</strong> nurses. <strong>Client</strong>s attended to by a doctor in Casualty will<br />
receive an account from the doctor and the visit usually billed as<br />
an Out of Hours/emergency consultation.<br />
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