| Cairns Hospital | |||||||||||
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| Queensland Health | |||||||||||
 Cairns Base Hospital (foreground), 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Geography | |||||||||||
| Location | 165 The Esplanade, Cairns North, Cairns, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°54′44″S 145°46′04″E / 16.9122°S 145.7677°E | ||||||||||
| Organisation | |||||||||||
| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||
| Beds | 531 | ||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1878 [1] | ||||||||||
| Links | |||||||||||
| Website | Official Website | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia | ||||||||||
Cairns Hospital, known as the Cairns Base Hospital between 1932 and 2013,[2] is the largest major hospital in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located at 165 The Esplanade, Cairns North, Cairns.[3] The hospital offers general services to Cairns and surrounding areas, a population of about 250,000 people.
The building complex has a 667-space multi-storey car park with a pedestrian overpass linking it to the rest of the hospital.[1]
In 2011, a shortage of beds for mental health patients meant some were staying for more than 100 hours in the emergency department.[4]
- ^ a b "Patient Information Brochure" (PDF). Queensland Government. p. 5. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Stevenson, Ashleigh (1 August 2013). "Name change for Cairns hospital". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Cairns and Hinterland Hospital". Queensland Health. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Janelle Miles (16 September 2011). "Mental health patients spending more than 100 hours in Cairns Base Hospital's emergency department before admittance". The Courier-Mail. News Corp. Retrieved 10 April 2016.