Medical Facilities
With two major hospitals and dozens of physician specialists, Ballarat serves as a regional healthcare centre with a wide range of quality medical care.
Healthcare infrastructure in Ballarat includes excellent public and private hospitals and a regional base for the Royal Ambulance service. This infrastructure and population base sustains a complete range of medical specialists and a new cancer clinic.
From Bacchus Marsh to the South Australian border, Ballarat’s healthcare facilities provide cutting edge, sophisticated medical treatment to a diverse population with changing needs.
Ballarat Health Services, the umbrella organisation for much of the region’s healthcare infrastructure, offers a comprehensive array of services that include emergency medicine, as well as acute, psychiatric, palliative and aged care.
Ballarat Base Hospital maintains over 200 acute care beds, while the Queen Elizabeth Center provides more than 600 nursing care and hostel beds. St. John of God Hospital, a private not-for-profit facility, has a capacity of over 200 acute care beds. Like Ballarat Base Hospital, St. John of God offers a wide variety of medical services, including general medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetrics, intensive and coronary care.