Kimba District Hospital and Aged Care

Contact details

Kimba District Hospital and Aged Care

For all emergencies phone 000

Postal address: PO Box 147 Kimba SA 5641

Email: HEALTHCHSAKimbaHospital@sa.gov.au

Kimba Hospital is run by the Eyre and Far North Local Health NetworkThe hospital has 20 beds, including eight inpatient beds, eight aged care beds, and two Emergency Department beds. The hospital provides a range of services including emergency, general medicine, post-surgical care, basic x-ray, rehabilitation and palliative care.

Kimba Hostel has 11 beds, offering a home-like setting for people with low care needs, adjacent to the hospital.

Accident and emergency

This is a 24-hour service. When you arrive at the emergency department you will be seen by the duty nurse to collect information and assess your illness or injury.

In a medical emergency, it is important that 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.

Kimba has a volunteer ambulance service and access to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Car parking

There is parking onsite, including disabled parking.

Disabled access

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

Visiting hours

General wards: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.

We welcome your feedback as it helps us improve our services

If you have any feedback about your experience or any other aspect of our service, we would like to hear from you.

Your feedback might be a compliment, a complaint, or a suggestion. Whatever it is, your feedback is important, and we are listening.

You can share your feedback by email Health.EFNConsumerFeedback@sa.gov.au or by calling us on 0401 772 141.

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