Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service is located at 276/300 Wehl St N, Mount Gambier SA 5290. Birthing suites are available at this facility: a midwife provides maternity services and home visits. A shared care arrangement with GPs, resident obstetricians and community midwives is available to assist women with care and treatment before, during and after childbirth. They provide a Level 2 Obstetrics and neonatal nursery, a midwifery booking clinic and a domiciliary midwife program.
Hospital Address
276/300 Wehl St N, Mount Gambier SA 5290
08 8721 1200
Website Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service – services
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service Map
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service Services
Midwifery Antenatal Clinic
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service has a midwifery-run antenatal clinic.
Preparation for Birth Classes
PBB is unsure if Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service offers preparation for birth classes.
Caseload Midwifery Practice
A caseload midwifery program is where one or two midwives care for you through pregnancy, birth and beyond. PBB is unsure if Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service offers this option.
Publicly funded homebirth program
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service does not offer a free homebirth program for low risk women.
Parenting Classes
PBB is unsure if Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service offers parenting classes.
Breastfeeding Classes
PBB is unsure if Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service offers breastfeeding classes.
Does Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service have visiting private midwives?
UNKNOWN
Does Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service have visiting GP Obstetricians?
UNKNOWN
Does Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service have visiting Obstetricians?
UNKNOWN
Hospital Facilities
Antenatal Beds
Birthing Rooms
Postnatal Beds
Special Care Nursery Beds
Neonatal Intensive Care Beds
Are there birth pools available for labour and birth?
Is warm water immersion available during labour? UNKNOWN
Is waterbirth an available option? UNKNOWN
Can I use an inflatable birth pool? UNKNOWN
Birth centres are designed to be a home away from home. A birth centre is a separate unit located away from the standard birth unit. Birth centres encompass a philosophy that pregnancy and birth are normal, natural events in the life of a woman and her family.
NO a birth centre is not available at this hospital.
Does Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service have a birth centre?
Birth Suite Tour Video
No video available
What support is available if I have difficulties breastfeeding my baby?
Breastfeeding/lactation clinic? UNKNOWN
Lactation consultants on the postnatal ward? UNKNOWN
Accredited as a baby friendly hospital? YES
Baby-friendly accredited?
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service is accredited under the global Baby Friendly Health Initiative program. The hospital supports breastfeeding, and lactation specialist midwives are on-hand to ensure babies are feeding well before going home.
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service Statistics
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Date page published 28th August 2022
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