But there is concern from community leaders that continuous growth will exhaust the facilities of the hospital.

According to the State Government’s 2008/09 Your Hospitals report, Mildura Base Hospital performed strongly, with key performances:

MORE than 8900 patients admitted in the six months to the end of June – 117 more than the previous year;

A HUNDRED per cent of Category 1 emergency patients treated immediately on arrival at the hospital ED in 2008/09;

NINETY-five per cent Category 2 patients treated within 10 minutes of arrival at the ED in 2008/09 – the same as the previous year, and exceeding the national benchmark of 80 per cent;

NINETY-two per cent of Category 3 patients treated within 30 minutes of arrival at the ED in 2008/09 – exceeding the national benchmark of treating 75 per cent of patients in that time; and

EIGHTY-four per cent of emergency patients admitted to hospital were transferred to a bed within eight hours of arrival in 2008/09 – exceeding the benchmark target of 80 per cent, and improving by 24 per cent on the previous year.

For more of this story, purchase your copy of Friday’s Sunraysia Daily 16/10/2009.