End of Life Care Palliative Care Services for residents of South Gippsland What we do Supported by South Gippsland Palliative, South Gippsland Hospital’s acute ward provides care to patients with life limiting conditions. Palliative Care provides ongoing care for a person living with a progressive life-threatening illness, as well as their family and friends. It…

Transition Care Program The Transitional Care Program (TCP) aims to support older individuals to recover and regain strength and independence following a hospital stay. The length of the program is tailored to your individual circumstances (up to 12 weeks). What we do The TCP Case Manager, along with other health professionals involved in your care,…

Acute Medical Care What we do South Gippsland Hospital (SGH) has a 16-bed acute mixed ward. This ward provides mostly acute medical care and sometimes overnight surgical care to patients admitted to SGH. The admitting medical officers are the General Practitioners (GPs) from the Foster Medical Centre. In addition to nursing care the acute ward…