| Frankston Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Peninsula Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 2 Hastings Road, Frankston, (Mornington Peninsula), Victoria, Australia |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Medicare |
| Type | General and speciality |
| Affiliated university | Monash University, Deakin University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 454 |
| History | |
| Opened | 30 November 1941 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Frankston Hospital (officially Frankston Public Hospital) is a 454-bed public hospital located in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston in Victoria, Australia.[1] It opened as the Frankston Community Hospital on 30 November 1941.[2]
It is the largest provider of general and speciality health care for Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula, and is the region's chief provider of acute secondary and tertiary medical and surgical services.[1][2]
The hospital has specialisations in mental health, maternity (midwifery) and pediatrics.[1][2] It also has one of the busiest emergency departments in Victoria with 49 beds and around 63,000 presentations a year.[2][3] The department was upgraded in 2015 at a cost of A$81 million.[2][3]
It is one of two hospitals in the Peninsula Health network, the second being Rosebud Hospital, which together support the network's smaller specialist campuses for community health, dentistry, physical and psychiatric rehabilitation, aged (elderly) and palliative care in Frankston, Hastings, Mornington, Mount Eliza and Rosebud.[2]
- ^ a b c Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health, retrieved 24 December 2016
- ^ a b c d e f Keck, Eliza (17 February 2015), "New Emergency Department, 92 new beds & three new wards opened at Frankston Hospital" (media release), Peninsula Health, retrieved 24 December 2016
- ^ a b Dorrington, Ben (11 February 2015), "Frankston Hospital unveils state-of-the-art $81 million emergency department digs", Frankston Standard Leader, News Limited, retrieved 24 December 2016