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...
Bass Coast Health is in the second week of its Code Brown and is happy to report that all essential health services will continue to be provided to the community...
Bass Coast Health staff are working extremely hard to keep the community as safe as possible as the Omicron strain of the COVID virus spreads rampantly throughout the community. The...
Kirrak House aged care home at Wonthaggi Hospital finished its major renovation in time for Christmas. Thanks to funding from the State Government, Kirrak is now revitalised to continue to...
“Things have never been busier at Bass Coast Health”, according to CEO Jan Child. There has been unparalleled demand in the Urgent Care Centre, the Cancer service, the Emergency Department...
Bass Coast Health will strengthen its existing coordination, within the sub-region, across the Gippsland region, and with Metropolitan services to build resilience and capacity at the peak of the Omicron...
Bass Coast Health’s COVID testing tent at Wonthaggi will from tomorrow offer Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) to the community, as well as PCR Tests. BCH will start distributing RATs from...
This information is brought to our community by Bass Coast Health and Bass Coast Shire Council. Prepare, Manage, Isolate. Like many places across the state, Bass Coast is experiencing the...
Bass Coast Health CEO Jan Child has thanked the community for continuing to get tested for COVID, with testing numbers doubling at both Wonthaggi and Cowes testing sites in recent...
Construction of the Wonthaggi Hospital Expansion project is progressing well, with some more concrete pours expected to be completed within the next week. The installation of air-conditioning duct work, fire...
Our treasured San Remo op shop has re-opened much to the joy of the local community. The community – and the op shop volunteers - couldn’t wait for the re-opening...
(During the periods of October and December 2021 - the patients, visitors, staff, volunteers and all that entered through the correct area during this time - did it with great...
A new melanoma clinical trial involving Bass Coast residents aims to improve surveillance for people at high risk of melanoma. The trial comes as Bass Coast Health, in partnership with...
The community is now being serviced by a new and bigger temporary emergency department at Wonthaggi Hospital, a much-improved space from the very small and old ED which is simply...
The Wonthaggi Hospital Expansion project is closer to bringing even more health services to the community. The hospital expansion will offer a new emergency department, a 32-bed paediatric and surgical...
COVID vaccine boosters are now available for people aged 18 or over who had their second COVID vaccination more than six months ago. A booster dose helps prevent waning immunity...
This afternoon (Wednesday, 20 October), Bass Coast Health was notified that a staff member of Kirrak House tested positive to COVID-19. The Bass Coast Health staff member worked between 1:30pm...
Expecting families can continue to receive safe and high quality care from the maternity team at Bass Coast Health throughout the COVID pandemic. Wonthaggi Hospital continues to provide its excellent...
