sandringham hospital
The hospital works closely with community healthcare providers, including the Urgent Care Centre which is run by GPs who treat emergency patients with non-threatening conditions. The hospital also delivers elective general and orthopaedic surgery. Outpatient clinics include a fracture clinic, dialysis, paediatric and cardiac clinics.
Obstetric and gynaecology services at Sandringham are provided by The Royal Women’s Hospital onsite.
Find out more about the Royal Women's maternity services.
Thanks to the generous support of the community, the Sandringham Community Bank® Day Procedure Centre is now open at Sandringham Hospital.
The dedicated, purpose-built facility provides a modern, bright space for patients undergoing same-day surgeries.
This centre was made possible thanks to local community groups, generous individuals and the Victorian State Government who all contributed to the project.
For many of us, wearing a mask is a necessary inconvenience. But for the one in six people in our community who are deaf or hearing impaired, wearing masks can be incredibly isolating. Anthony Cignarella is a nurse educator in our heart and lung team – he’s also hearing impaired. He’s put together some tips on communicating while wearing a mask.
COVID-19 is not a standard respiratory virus, it’s a serious threat to a number of vital organs. As medical specialists learn more about the virus and how it affects the human body, alarming complications are becoming evident including life-threatening blood clots in the lungs, heart and brain of COVID-19 patients.
Due to COVID-19, Semester 2 of the EMRC will be delivered completely online!
Take advantage of current social distancing measures by utilising the extra time spent at home to complete your Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 4.10 requirement.
Come along to an information session to learn more about how you can plan for a time when you might be too sick to make your own medical decisions or communicate your wishes.