Kirwan Health Campus Explained

Kirwan Health Campus is a health service located in the suburb of Kirwan, Queensland, Australia, and is the main health facility serving residents in the City of Townsville, about 12km (07miles) west of the Townsville CBD.

The Kirwan Health Campus offers a range of specialist services and is not an emergency or general hospital, such services are provided out of the Townsville Hospital in nearby Douglas. The Health Campus opened on 21 June 2006 at the former Kirwan Hospital for Women.^{[1] [2]}

Kirwan Health Campus cost $20 million to redevelop, and is staffed by 230 health care professionals that can provide treatment and medical services to more than 150 families each day. This is the largest community health facility in Australia and was officially opened by Health Minister, Stephen Robertson.

Services

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program
• Mental health (including the Child and Youth Mental Health Service)^[3]
• Forensic mental health services
• Oral health services, including school-based services
• Rehabilitation and extended treatment
• Aged care^[4]
• Home care
• Artificial Limb and Appliance Service
• Home and Community Care Allied Health Outreach team^[5]
• Pathology Specimen Collection

History

What is today The Kirwan Health Campus started out as the Kirwan Hospital for woman & children and was the only hospital in what was Thuringowa city. When the government built the New Townsville hospital, the Kirwan Hospital was closed and incorporated into the new Hospital.
Kirwan Woman's & Children's Hospital closed in 2002, to allow the $20 million redevelopment into the Kirwan Health Campus.

External links

• Kirwan Health Campus website
• Kirwan Community Health Facility (write-up by Project Services, Queensland Government)

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Notes and References

1. http://www.aushealthcare.com.au/news/news_details.asp?nid=7443 Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association - NEWS
2. http://www.health.qld.gov.au/townsville/Services/KirwanHealthCampus.asp Kirwan Health Campus - list of Services
3. Web site: Archived copy . 26 December 2007 . 19 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080719163703/http://www.tgpn.com.au/pdfs/MHServiceDirectoryVersion3Sept07.pdf . dead .
4. http://www.raia.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20064054 architecture.com.au - The Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), architecture, architects, design, australia
5. http://www.foodsafetymatters.gov.au/townsville/Services/Parklands.asp Parklands Residential Aged Care Facility - Townsville Health Service District