Your Rights and Responsibilities
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Your right to information, to decide about your care, to consent to treatment, to receive appropriate care and for confidentiality
Services at Cummins and District Memorial Hospital
The following services are available:
Accident and emergency
Telephone: (08) 8676 2101 (for non-emergencies only)
There is 24-hour medical and nursing care available.
Allied health services
Telephone: (08) 8388 2629
Allied health visiting services include:
- dietetics
- podiatry
- physiotherapy
- speech pathology
- occupational therapy.
Medical and surgical hospital services
Telephone: (08) 8676 2101
Services are available daily from 8.30 am to 10.00 am.
The hospital provides:
- general medical and surgical care
- outpatient services
- palliative care.
Services for outpatients offered at the hospital include:
- x-rays
Primary health care services and Health Promotion Unit
Telephone: (08) 8688 2629
Services are provided by visiting allied health practitioners.
Community health services available include:
- social work
- community midwifery
- community nursing
- early childhood
- youth health
- community fitness
- diabetes education
- nail care
- health promotion
- community development
- Meals on Wheels.
Coffin Bay Community Health Centre offers outreach allied health and community nursing services.
Residential aged care
Telephone: (08) 8676 2488
Address: Tumby Bay Road, Cummins
Miroma Place Hostel offers accommodation in bed sitting room units with en-suite facilities for older people with a low level of need.
In addition to permanent residency units, limited respite accommodation is available by arrangement for short term care.
Visiting hours are unrestricted.