Community Updates

As part of the Wonthaggi Hospital Expansion upgrade, we’re switching over the power supply on Tuesday 2 August. As a result, the hospital and Kirrak House will be without mains...
Parents are encouraged to give their teenagers maximum protection against COVID-19 by ensuring they have a booster. Teenagers aged 16 and 17 can now have a booster if it’s been...
Bass Coast Health is calling on more people in the community to get a COVID booster to give our community greater protection against the virus. While most people in the...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) is providing priority services to the community as the health service enters the fourth week of its Code Brown Pandemic Plan. Dialysis and maternity are among...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) thanks the Phillip Island community for continuing to support COVID testing efforts after the health service distributed 119 Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) to eligible community members...
Health services are assisting people with COVID-19 to recover in their homes where possible, via the COVID-19 Positive Pathways South Gippsland Coast Partnership. Patients receive tailored treatment plans as part...
Steeped in the history of the Wonthaggi Hospital, the Bass Coast Health Ladies’ Auxiliary (the Ladies Auxiliary) continues to garner community interest in and support for health services today. The...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) continues to partner with Monash University to train tomorrow’s doctors. The health service is now hosting the first placement of student doctors from the university for...
COVID Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) will be distributed Monday, Wednesday and Friday from an annex adjacent to the Phillip Island Health Hub, commencing Monday 31st January. Community members will be...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) is encouraging families to have their children vaccinated for COVID-19 to minimise the number of COVID cases likely to result from school resuming from 31 January...