Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service

For all enquiries:

Telephone:
    Public patients: (08) 8721 1200
    Private patients: (08) 8721 1412
Fax: (08) 8721 1579

For all emergencies phone 000

Street address: 
276-300 Wehl Street North, Mount Gambier South Australia
Postal address: 
PO Box 267 Mount Gambier SA 5290

Email: MGDHS_Administration@health.sa.gov.au

Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service is part of the Lower South East Health Services. We provide acute services ranging from in-hospital care by local general practitioners to specialist surgical, obstetric, paediatric and anaesthetic services delivered by medical consultants.

Accident and emergency

When you arrive at the Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service accident and emergency, you will be seen by the resident medical officer to collect information and assess your illness or injury.

It is important that in a medical emergency, you do not ‘self present’ to hospital. SA Ambulance Service emergency medical dispatch support officers can provide advanced first-aid advice over the phone while an ambulance is on its way to you.

Cost for this service is according to health insurance status. Public patients are free.

Visiting hours

Visiting hours are:

General wards: 11.00 am to 8.00 pm.

Maternity ward:  2.00 pm to 4.00 pm and 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm.

Any visitors who will be in the hospital building between 8.30 pm and 6.30 am will need to obtain an identity badge at the admissions desk.

Patient entertainment

SA Health is phasing in bedside computers across eight metropolitan and four country public hospitals during 2011-2102 as part of SA Health’s major eHealth strategy. For more information go to our eHealth page.

The computers will provide patients with access to bedside entertainment services on a pre-paid basis once they are installed.

For information on the bedside entertainment package options please go to our bedside entertainment page.

Car parking

Parking is available at the front of the hospital. Additional spaces are available on Allison Street with a pathway leading to the buildings.

Disabled access

The building is wheelchair accessible and there are toilets for people with disability. Please ask at Reception.