Mount Isa Base Hospital

Mount Isa Hospital is the main referral centre within the North West Hospital and Health Service.

The Mount Isa Hospital provides ambulatory, sub-ambulatory and inpatient services predominantly in the areas of:

• accident and emergency
• specialist medical and nurse and midwifery-led services – outpatients
• general medical, including chronic disease such as diabetes and respiratory care
• cardiac, including cardiac investigations
• general surgical including day surgical procedures (endoscopy, colonoscopy)
• gynaecology
• ophthalmology
• obstetrics and midwifery – regional birthing facility for low and medium risk birthing (from 34 weeks’ gestation). Outlying remote facilities do not have the service provision or equipment to birth except in the circumstances of emergency / unplanned births
• critical care
• neonatal and special care nursery
• paediatrics
• telehealth (inpatient, in-reach and outpatient)
• sub-acute care (palliative, geriatric evaluation and management)
• mental health, alcohol, and other drugs service
• oncology – chemotherapy support by Townsville cancer care service
• breast care service – funded through the McGrath Foundation.
• renal dialysis
• allied health – including dietetics, occupational therapy, podiatry, social work, physiotherapy, clinical measurements and speech and hearing
• pharmacy
• oral health service.