Media Releases

Bass Coast Health (BCH) CEO Jan Child has pleaded to the local community to take particular care over these coming few weeks to reduce pressure on the health system. Ms...
The team spirit of Bass Coast Health (BCH) staff shone through when Wonthaggi Hospital was impacted by scheduled power outages on Tuesday 2 August. The outages – early in the...
Bass Coast Health is recruiting more Theatre nursing staff to service our growing health service. The new theatre complex in the Wonthaggi Hospital Expansion (WHE) comprises 3 state-of-the-art Digital Theatres...
World Breastfeeding Week is from 1-7 August and the midwives at Bass Coast Health (BCH) love their role in supporting new mums to breastfeed. “Midwives provide breastfeeding support to hundreds...
The COVID pandemic, cost of living pressures and other challenges of life can take a toll on our mental health and ability to cope. Often talking to a relative or...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) has expressed its enormous gratitude to the volunteers of the San Remo Opportunity Shop. Through sorting and selling quality secondhand goods from the popular op shop...
Wonthaggi Hospital and the broader Bass Coast Health (BCH) team have taken every measure possible to prepare for this next COVID wave. “The community can rest assured that we have...
Vaccination remains a vital defence in the Bass Coast’s bid to minimise the impact of the next wave of COVID. The BA.4 and 5 sub-variants of the Omicron strain are...
A new garden has opened at Wonthaggi Hospital thanks to a community effort, with funds donated by the Rotary Club of Wonthaggi, Bass Coast Shire Council, Bass Coast Health and...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) is offering an even more personalised dialysis service after the introduction of new haemodialysis machines. The rollout, as a satellite unit of Monash Health, was coordinated...