Alice Springs Hospital Emergency Department

Capacity: 207 inpatient beds.Serves a vast 1 million square kilometer region, providing both acute and emergency care alongside specialized outreach services to remote outback communities

• Specialties: The hospital provides a comprehensive range of secondary and limited tertiary services, including:
  • 11-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  • A large Renal Dialysis centre
  • Internal medicine (cardiology, infectious diseases, gastroenterology)
  • General surgery and orthopaedics
  • Obstetrics, gynaecology, and paediatrics
  • Mental health and psychiatry
  • Palliative care (including Comfort House) [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Service Area: Services are provided to approximately 30,000 local urban residents and over 20,000 people across remote communities