Specialists

Mildura Base Hospital provides an extensive Medical service to the surrounding community of approximately 60,000 people. Provision of theses services is co-ordinated by the Director of Medical Services and the Hospital Medical Officer Manager.

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The Visiting Medical Officers include:

• Physicians: There are consultant physicians providing both VMO and private practice services. While they practice as General Physicians each has a special interest in Cardiology, Gastroenterology and Rheumatology/Oncology
• Anaesthesia: The theatres are serviced by consultant anaesthetists who also provide pain management and ICU management services.
• Surgery: There are consultant general surgeons who perform a full range of both elective and emergency surgical procedures and include special interest areas such as vascular, colorectal, breast and upper GI.
• Urology: The hospital is serviced by visiting Uroligist.
• Orol/Facial Maxilliary: There is a local and visiting consultant for this speciality.
• Dermatology: There are 1 fully qualified Dermatologists
• ENT Surgery: 1 Specialist ENT Surgeon
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology: There are 4 Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
• Opthalmology: 1 Opthalmologists
• Paediatrics: There is 1 qualified paediatric physician who sees a wide range of paediatric pathology.
• Orthopaedics: There is 1 Orthopaedic Surgeon providing elective and emergency services.
• Pathology: 1 fully qualified Pathologists
• Radiology: A wide range of both investigative and some invasive radiology is carried out.

Medical / Diagnostic Services

• Medical Imaging: Jones & Partners are an Adelaide based private provider, operating Sunraysia Medical Imaging both in Healthscope Court, and with an on-site Unit at MilduraBaseHospital. Teleradiological advancements allow radiographs to be viewed by experts based in Adelaide, and relayed to Mildura within a very short timeframe.
• Pathology: St. John of God Pathology Services provide a comprehensive service to local clinicians, with an on-site facility enhanced by the ability to provide on-line results within 8 minutes of processing by pathologists and microbiologists.