Welcome to Latrobe Regional Hospital

Gippsland’s regional public health service

Latrobe Regional Hospital provides a regional public health service for the whole of Gippsland.

The Hospital, a part of Gippsland Health, is a purpose built 257-bed, fully integrated health service located at Traralgon West.

The Hospital offers a suite of services including:

-         aged care

-         cancer care

-         elective surgery

-         maternity

-         mental health

-         pharmacy

-         rehabilitation

A comprehensive range of health services is also provided to more than 240,000 residents across Gippsland, including:

-         acute health

-         aged care

-         integrated cancer care

-         mental health

-         rehabilitation

The Latrobe Regional Hospital Community Residential Care Unit provides residential rehabilitation for people with prolonged severe mental illness and associated disability.

The Hospital also has eight Community Mental Health Centres located across Gippsland.

Latrobe Regional Hospital is a totally smokefree environment, with no smoking permitted anywhere on any of its campuses. The Hospital was the first in Victoria to implement such a policy.

In 2006, Latrobe Regional Hospital was awarded the Premier’s Award for Most Outstanding Regional Health Service.

In The News

02-Jul-2008 Placement experiences with other health professionals: what this means for my career in pharmacy 02-Jul-2008 Rockers donate bikes to LRH 02-Jul-2008 New LRH chief ready to pull hospital back from the brink 02-Jul-2008 Hospital is in financial strife 09-Jun-2008 Medicos bat for LRH

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Media Releases

04-Jun-2008 Success at Bowling for Cancer Day Traralgon Bowls Club recently hosted their 3rd "Bowling for Cancer" day which has now ben placed on their calendar as an annual event. 27-May-2008 St Paul's students assist children's unit Melissa Brueton and Make Hemphill, Year 7 students from St Pauls Anglican Grammer School, Traralgon Campus presented a cheque for $500 to Helen Sambell, Unit Manager of Tarra Unit at Latrobe Regional Hospital. 23-May-2008 LRH celebrates smokefree environment Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the world. It is the only legal consumer product that kills one third of one half of those who use it as intended by its manufacturers, with its victims dying on average 15 years prematurely. 22-May-2008 Latrobe Regional Hospital appoints new Chief Executive The Board of Latrobe Regional Hospital has pleasure in announcing the appointment of Mr Peter Craighead as the new Chief Executive of Latrobe Regional Hospital, commencing in June. 15-May-2008 Latrobe Regional Hospital says "thanks" The Latrobe Regional Hospital would like to sincerely thank the supporters of the Churchill Ritchies' Community Benefit Card Program.

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