- Our services
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- Paediatric surgery
Paediatric surgery
Our paediatric surgeons are dedicated to providing the highest quality care for the most important person in your life, your child.
We support you and your child from admission through to recovery and explain what is happening in simple language to help reduce any fears or concerns.
Whether your child is 28 days old or 18 years old, we provide the highest level of care.
Our paediatric services
We provide specialised paediatric care covering general medical and surgical care for treatments including:
- dental
- ear, nose and throat (ENT)
- general surgery
- orthopaedics
- ophthalmology
- plastic surgery
- urology.
Outpatient medical and allied health care is also available.
If you want to discuss your child’s health or treatment with their doctor or physician at any stage, please let our caregivers know and they can arrange this for you.
Your child’s stay
From the moment you arrive, your child will receive individual care and attention. We want to make your child’s stay as comfortable as possible and provide televisions and child appropriate activities.
For you and your child’s comfort we endeavour to place you in single rooms.
Your family
It’s not just your child who’s going through a stressful time – surgery can impact on the whole family. If your child is staying overnight, we encourage a parent or guardian to stay with them.
Benefits
The benefits of our paediatric surgery services include:
- care by paediatric competent caregivers
- a comfortable environment that encourages children to interact with caregivers, their family and other children
- caregivers who focus on the family, as well as the patient.
Costs and fee payment options
If you have private health insurance, the costs for your hospital stay and specialist fees may be covered by your health fund, based on your level of cover.
If you don’t have private health insurance, you can access treatment at a St John of God Health Care hospital through our self-funded care option.
When you use your private health insurance, you get benefits that include access to St John of God Health Care private hospital facilities, your choice of specialist, minimal wait times, and with an eligible policy most of your hospital costs can be covered by your private health insurance fund.
You should contact your health insurer to understand your level of cover, and whether your policy is subject to additional fees such as a hospital excess or other ‘out-of-pocket’ expenses. Your health insurer will also be able to assist in understanding if you will have doctor, radiology and pathology out-of-pocket costs.
Patients who don’t have private health insurance can choose to access St John of God Health Care private hospital services and treatments by paying fees themselves.
By accessing our self-funded care option, you’ll be able to avoid wait times and have your surgery or treatment with your choice of specialist at a St John of God Health Care private hospital.
- Learn more and enquire about the self-funded care option.
- Call 1300 940 199 to get a quote for self-funded treatment.
If you have received an invoice for an expense associated with treatment from a St John of God Health Care service you can pay your bill online.
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