- a medical centre
- Denman medical centre
- Dental surgeries
- a physiotherapy
practice
- a chiropractic
practice
- a district hospital in
Muswellbrook and
- a smaller hospital in
Denman
- Denman's Merton
Court Aged Care Facility
- acute medical
- anesthetic
- surgical
- obstetric and
- emergency services
with a current 42 bed allocation.
There is an 18 bed nursing
home attached to the hospital. A range of community health services and
health professionals working within the Muswellbrook Shire supports the
hospital and nursing home.
The Muswellbrook hospital
is the largest of 6 public hospitals located in the Upper Hunter sector of
the Hunter Area Health Service- Other hospitals include:
- Denman
- Merriwa
- Scott Memorial (Scone)
- Wilson Memorial
(Murrurundi)
- Singleton
Merton
Court is an aged care facility of 17 low care beds situated 91
Virginia St Denman. Phone 6547 2684 Fax 6547 2057.
Manager R Dillon Email mertoncourt.denman@bigpond.com
It also
has aged care home packages at Merton Village, 22 Turtle St Denman
Ph 6547 2684 Manager R Dillon. Merton Village comprises 6
independent living units with a further 6 about to be constructed.
The John Hunter Hospital
is the nearest major referral hospital. It is a distance of 145 kms via
road and the travel time is approximately 2 hours by road and 45 minutes
by air.
Visiting specialists
include
- respiratory
- physician
- pediatrician
- cardiologist
- X-ray facilities are
available, however, if high technology imaging such as CAT scans,
patients are referred to Newcastle.
- Basic pathology
services are available; cross matching can he undertaken if required
- limited blood stocks are kept at the hospital. High tech equipment
such as ventilators and oximeters are available, but in limited
numbers,
The shire also has access
to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, ensuring that emergency cases can
be taken to Newcastle or Sydney when required.
The level and provision of
service available in the shire is among the highest in regional Australia
with people only needing to travel to major hospitals when specialist
treatment is required.
* Figures where extracted
from the Hunter Valley Research Foundation's "Upper Hunter Economic
Profile", June 1999.
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