The Gove District Hospital is a 32 bed facility which provides the following:
- 24 hour accident & emergency care, helicopter pad facility is available
- General surgical, medical and paediatric care
- 2 Respite beds
- Elective and emergency surgery
- Maternity services are available including caesarian capability
- Pharmacy
- Visiting specialist care
- 24 hr medical imaging - on call service after hours
- Pathology - on call service after hours
- Stores
- Mortuary- post mortems are not performed here at this time
- Cyclone shelter - the stores building is the town designated cyclone shelter
The hospital is supported by these services, which are located off site but some nearby:
- Aerial Medical Services who provide retrieval service from remote communities & evacuation services to RDH.
- Physiotherapy services
- Occupational Therapy services on an as needs basis.
- Social Worker for inpatients (onsite)
- Mental Health Services
- Alcohol & Other drug services
- Domiciliary Care / Community Resource Nurse
- Speech therapy
- Centre for Disease Control
- Nutrition services available on site by prior arrangement
- Adult Guardianship- provided from Darwin
- Audiologist- regular visits from Darwin
- Family & Community Services
- Aged & Disability Services
- Dentistry- Public & private practices available
- Domestic Violence Coordinator
For any of these service, please call the Hospital Switchboard: (08) 8987 0211
