INFORMATION FOR VISITORS
Welcome to BRHS
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service is East Gippsland’s major centre for healthcare and is the region’s largest employer.
It offers a wide range of health, surgical and allied health services to cater for a growing population of around 50,000.
It has 75 acute beds, 91 aged care beds and the only emergency department between Sale and Bega in NSW, catering for a vast area of eastern Victoria.
BRHS is an organisation where people feel safe, inclusive and supported, a place where everyone is treated with kindness and respect. It is an organisation that provides a diverse and vibrant environment of equality and opportunity for all.
Visiting Hours
Visiting hours are between 9am and 7pm.
We kindly ask that all visitors and family observe any rest time signage that may be on display.
We encourage you to enquire at the nurse’s station at any time if you need information regarding visiting.
Are you looking for Virtual Visiting Hours? Go to our Telehealth page.
Main Reception
The main hospital reception is attended seven days a week between 7.30am and 8.00pm.
Tel: (03) 5150 3333
Operating Hours
Monday to Friday (except public holidays)
- Allied Health – 8.15am to 4.30pm
- Medical Imaging (X-Ray) – 8.00am to 6.00pm
- Consulting Rooms – 8.30am to 5.00pm
- Dental – 8.15am to 4.30pm
- Community Health (Ross Street) – 8.00am to 4.30pm
- Pathology – 8.00am to 4.00pm
Patient/Visitor Car Parking
Car parking is located close to the hospital in:
- Day Street
- off Victoria Street, and
- off McKean Street.
Limited parking is designated for outpatients and the patients of visiting consultants in the McKean Street car park. Please observe the signs.
Parking is NOT PERMITTED outside the main hospital entrance. However, short stay drop-off bays are available and are restricted to less than five minutes.
Safety
Smoking is strictly prohibited on all BRHS buildings and grounds. Please observe all no smoking, safety and mobile phone signage.
Food and Refreshments
Visitors that have been properly screened on entry can now purchase takeaway food and coffee from the BRHS Dining Area.
Cafeteria
Takeaway food and drinks will be available from the cafeteria between 9.00am to 2.30pm.
Coffee Cart
Coffee, tea and treats are available from Little Miss Beanz coffee cart from 6.45am to 3.00pm.
Kiosk
Selling sandwiches, snacks, drinks, toys and small gifts.
Accepts cash and EFTPOS.
Seven days a week, 12.00pm to 3.00pm
Vending machine
A vending machine that takes cash and eftPOS transactions is always available in our Emergency Department.
