Healthcare in Bendigo: Your Complete Guide

Bendigo's healthcare system is anchored by Bendigo Health's new hospital campus (opened 2017) as the regional hub for the Loddon Mallee region of central Victoria, providing specialist services to a catchment of 300,000+ across the goldfields and the Murray region. The new Bendigo Hospital is one of the most modern regional public hospital facilities in Australia and has significantly improved the quality of healthcare infrastructure available to Bendigo residents.

Bendigo Hospital — the new Bendigo Hospital (Lucan Street, Bendigo CBD) is the Bendigo Health district's flagship facility, opened in 2017 after a major rebuild that replaced the ageing campus with a purpose-built modern hospital. The hospital provides emergency, surgical, oncology, cardiac, obstetric, paediatric, and specialist medical care and functions as the primary tertiary referral centre for the Loddon Mallee region. The emergency department operates 24/7 and the hospital maintains an ICU, coronary care unit, and oncology unit that provide regional specialist care without Melbourne referral for most common conditions.

St John of God Bendigo — the St John of God Hospital (St John of God Place, Bendigo) provides private health insurance patient services for elective surgery, maternity, and specialist consulting. The hospital operates in the established hospital precinct adjacent to Bendigo's medical specialist consulting corridor.

Melbourne connection — the V/Line Bendigo Line connection (90 minutes to Melbourne Southern Cross) provides Bendigo patients with access to the Alfred, the Royal Melbourne, and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for complex and sub-specialty referrals. Victorian Health's patient transport assistance supports eligible patients with travel costs to Melbourne.

Loddon Mallee coverage — Bendigo Health's district extends from Bendigo to Mildura, Swan Hill, and Echuca, with the Bendigo Hospital functioning as the regional hub and district hospitals providing acute care across the Murray region. Outreach specialist clinics from Bendigo visit the district hospitals regularly to reduce the burden on patients from smaller towns travelling to the regional centre.

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