The Emergency Department provides a 24 hour, 7 day a week emergency medical
care service for the population of Northern Tasmania and receives some patients
from the North-West region. It is the only major emergency department in the
North of the State.
Specialist emergency physicians are on duty on weekdays, most weekends and
most evenings. An emergency physician is on-call 24 hours a day for major
trauma and critically ill medical cases.
Specialist emergency medicine advice is available for nurses and medical
practitioners within the Northern region 24 hours a day.
One of the emergency physicians is also the Director of the Tasmanian Medical
Retrieval Service.
The department is recognized for advanced training of emergency
physicians.
Telephone: (03) 6348 7111 for LGH Switchboard or
(03) 6348 7792 for patient enquiries
The Emergency Department is located on Level 3 (Ground Floor - Charles Street
Entrance) of the Launceston General Hospital.