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Welcome
South West Healthcare is a leading Victorian regional hospital, providing surgical, medical, obstetric, rehabilitation, emergency, psychiatric, allied health and community health services to the south-west region of Victoria.
With a strong commitment to continuous quality improvement, inpatient facilities in Warrnambool and Camperdown are complemented by community health facilities in Camperdown, Lismore, Macarthur and Warrnambool, with community-based psychiatric services available in Camperdown, Hamilton, Portland and Warrnambool.
South West Healthcare is the sub-regional referral centre for the south-west, enhancing local health care by providing a number of medical and surgical specialities, reducing the need for patients to travel to metropolitan hospitals.
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Latest News
 $40,000 public appeal ends: Heart screening service on its way
A $40,000 appeal to buy an expensive piece of medical equipment needed to establish a region-first screening service for valvular heart disease and causes of stroke is over. The very same people responsible for throwing last week’s night out for local emergency workers are responsible for bringing the appeal to an end.
South West Healthcare has today been given the $1,960 proceeds from Warrnambool police station’s Senior Constable Phil Ligthart and administration officer Carly Hughson’s Tr ...[Go to full story]
 a STAR production
You’re invited to be part of a very special meet-and-greet this Friday as a stunning piece of community artwork reaches its final destination.
Hundreds of hours, thousands of stitches and dozens of life stories have gone into the making of a textile masterpiece created by people involved in the STAR Quilt project. An initiative of South West Healthcare’s Psychiatric Services Participation Team, it represents the System To Aid Recovery (STAR) approach to recovery from mental illness.
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Recent Stories
• $40,000 public appeal ends: Heart screening service on its way
• a STAR production
• A Victorian first for South West Healthcare nurse
• Our brilliant volunteers
• The best three minutes you’ll ever spend
• More news items are here.
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W'bool Campus Redevelopment$86 million redevelopment takes to the roof26th Sept, 2008
On the Warrnambool hospital redevelopment front, there’s been as much activity on the roof as under it this past week. Ten metres up, workmen have laid the concrete floor of a new plantroom that will ultimately provide services for every inpatient. ...[more] |
• More development stories.
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What's On
A NIGHT WITH JAMES BOND (and a bunch of cyclists!)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
FLAMES, one of SWH’s Murray to Moyne Relay Cycle Teams, is about to kick of its fundraising for 2009 with a screening of the latest 007 movie, Quantum of Solace. ...[more]
SWH AUXILARY CHRISTMAS FETE 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Get all your Christmas goodies at this annual fete that unfolds in the foyer of our Warrnambool hospital on the morning of November 28. ...[more]
SWH CHRISTMAS MARKET 2008
Friday, December 05, 2008
Hot on the tail of our incredibly successful SWH GIRLS WINTER MARKET back in June we’re doing it all again! This time it’s a summer version complete with a whole lot of yuletide attitude. ...[more]
A NIGHT with SAM KEKOVICH & FRIENDS
Sunday, January 04, 2009
A couple of Melbourne blokes who camp every summer here in Warrnambool have decided it’s high-time they held a fundraiser while they’re at it. Basketball star Wayne Carroll’s organising the event while his footy mate Sam Kekovich will be guest speaker. ...[more]
• More events.
Latest Library Entries
Blood transfusion
| 2008 Graduate Nurse Rotations
| 2007 South West Healthcare Quality of Care Report
| 2007 South West Healthcare Annual Report
| Lactation Mysteries Revealed 2008
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• These and more available here.
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