Calvary Riverina Hospital

Calvary Riverina Hospital is the largest regional private hospital in New South Wales. The hospital has three campuses comprising Calvary Riverina Hospital which is the main campus (located on Hardy Avenue Wagga), and includes:

  • Mary Potter’s Specialist Palliative Care Unit for public and private patients

  • Calvary Riverina Drug and Alcohol Centre (located on Emblen St, Wagga)

  • Calvary Riverina Surgicentre (located on Edward St, Wagga).

The hospital provides a diverse range of specialist acute and sub-acute services to people from across the Riverina  area.

Services provided by Calvary Riverina Hospital include:

  • Cardiology

  • Breast surgery

  • Dental surgery

  • Drug and alcohol withdrawal and rehabilitation

  • Ear, nose & throat surgery

  • General surgery, general medical care

  • Gynaecology

  • Intensive care

  • Obstetrics

  • Ophthalmology

  • Orthopaedics

  • Paediatric surgery

  • Palliative care (for public and private patients)

  • Rehabilitation

  • Respiratory medicine

  • Spinal surgery

  • Urology

  • Vascular surgery. 

Calvary Riverina Hospital has a strong heritage and history in the community of Wagga Wagga having been founded by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary and is a private not for profit health service. Located on site is the University of Notre Dame Australia which provides medical student education and training. The hospital has a strong relationship with the tertiary sector supporting undergraduate and post graduate students in allied health, nursing, medicine, and other professional groups.

Calvary Riverina Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Unit

Calvary Riverina Hospital’s Specialist Palliative Care Unit (SPCU) provides inpatient care to both public and private patients requiring palliative care support.

Many patients are admitted to the SPCU for comprehensive management and treatment of their symptoms such as pain, breathlessness, constipation, or other discomforts associated with their life-limiting illness. Some patients are admitted for end-of-life care when circumstances or their condition prevents them being managed at home. This is the traditional hospice care function. Palliative patients may also be admitted for respite care.

Patients may be admitted into the SPCU multiple times, as their disease progresses and will be discharged home to family and/or carers as their symptoms are better controlled.

The SPCU clinical teamwork in partnership with the community based palliative care team ensuring care and treatment is well coordinated and managed, assisting people to live as well as possible during the palliative phase of their illness.

Calvary Riverina Hospital’s palliative care unit is a Specialist Palliative Care Unit which means that patients are admitted under the care of a specialist physician and their care is managed by a multidisciplinary team comprising nursing, allied health, medical practitioners, and pastoral care.

How do I access admission to the palliative care unit?

Patients may be referred to the palliative care unit by:

  • General Practitioner

  • Specialist medical practitioner

  • Community palliative care nurse

  • Local hospital

Local Medical FacilitiesCristy Houghton