About Day Medical Care
Day Medical Care is a nurse-led unit that assists in the care and diagnosis of patients from newborns to 18 years, and from many specialty medical departments.
The highly experienced nursing staff perform many tests and procedures, and provide treatment and ongoing management, of patients with chronic medical conditions including: haemoglobin and blood disorders, bone and joint disorders, gastroenterological disorders and immune deficiencies. Patients requiring long term haemodialysis are also treated; and children with food and drug allergies are challenged under supervision.
Nurses in Day Medical Care are highly skilled in the insertion and management of intravenous lines, and the management of anxiety, pain or distress. They assist medical staff perform minor medical procedures under sedation, and they are skilled in performing complex endocrine diagnostic tests.
Nursing staff are actively involved in educating patients and their caregivers regarding condition and treatment for patients.
All medical admissions are processed via Day Medical Care Reception F between 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday. It is closed on weekends.
