Urgent Care, Bacchus Marsh
| Telephone | 5367 9195 |
| Fax | 5367 9623 |
| Contact | Nurse Manager Medical/Surgical Unit |
| Address | Clarinda Street, Bacchus Marsh 3340 |
| Service Description | Urgent Care provides a "walk-in" service for patients with urgent but not life threatening medical conditions. All patients who present to the service are triaged according to the Australasian Triage Scale and seen in order of medical priority. All patients are referred back to their nominated General Practitioner for ongoing treatment. |
| Eligibility | Any client presenting to Urgent Care will be triaged by trained medical staff. |
| Access hours | 24 hours, 7 Days. |
| Cost to client | Clients are bulk billed.
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Urgent Care, Melton
| Telephone | 9747 7600 |
| Fax | 9746 0668 |
| Contact | Nurse Manager Day Medical |
| Address | 195-209 Barries Road, Melton West 3337 |
| Service Description |
Djerriwarrh Health Services have two urgent care centres: Urgent Care Bacchus Marsh, Clarinda Street – Open 24 hours, 7 days Urgent Care Melton, 195-209 Barries Road – Open 7 days, 9.00am-10.30pm Urgent Care provides medical treatment and management for patients with urgent and semi-urgent medical conditions. All patients who attend Urgent Care are seen immediately on arrival by a Registered Nurse and then seen by a Doctor or Nurse Practitioner in order of medical priority. Pathology and Radiology services are routinely available to support patient management. Patients are able to be admitted to the hospital for a range of short stay admissions and we have partnerships in place with Ambulance Victoria, The Women’s, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Ballarat Health Service, Werribee Mercy and Western Health to assist with treating and managing patients who require specialist care or likely require more than 48 hour admission. All patients are referred back to their nominated General Practitioner for ongoing treatment. ALWAYS dial 000 for an ambulance if it is a life threatening situation. |
| Eligibility | Any client presenting to Urgent Care will be triaged by trained medical staff. |
| Access hours | Monday - Sunday, 9:00am - 10:30pm. |
| Cost to client | Clients are bulk billed. |
| Website | www.djhs.org.au/urgent-care-hospital-services/urgent-care.html | ||||||||||||||||||
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