• Western Health serves more than 800,000 people
• There areabout 600 volunteers and 6100 staff members
• More than 110 different languages are spoken
• About 290 beds at Footscray Hospital
• About 600 beds at Sunshine Hospital
• Sunshine expected to deliver about 5500 babies this year
Key sectors and services at Sunshine Hospital include:
• Adult andpaediatric emergency department
• Adult and paediatric specialist clinics
• Cardiac catheter laboratories
• Coronary care unit
• Oncology, including a radiation therapy unit in conjunction with Peter Mac
• Gastroenterology
• General medicine
• General surgery
• Geriatric medicine
• Infectious diseases facilities
• Intensive care unit
• Maternity services
• Mental health (through North Western Mental Health)
• Neurology and stroke
• Four operating theatres
• Palliative care
• Rehabilitation
• Respiratory
• Special care nursery
