Caring for our environment

 

St John of God Hospital Bendigo aims to be environmentally responsible.

We have programs in place to recycle paper and other waste and conserve water and energy.

Examples include our hydrotherapy pool. Changing the hydrotherapy pool filtration system in 2009 is saving almost a megalitre of water a year and providing improved water quality in a shorter time.

Around 100 clients use the pool each day, for rehabilitation (inpatient and outpatient), water aerobics for pregnant women, the Back Care Program and infant aquatics.

The pool filtration system has been funded by St John of God Health Care’s Environmental Capital Fund, which is dedicated to funding environmental initiatives.

Smoke free

In keeping with our values and health and wellbeing initiatives, St John of God Hospital is smoke free.

You are not permitted to smoke in the buildings or in the grounds of the hospital. The hospital boundary is marked in yellow and with signs.

Patients coming in for a hospital stay should read about the support available for smokers, and discussions they should have with their doctor in the weeks prior to admission, where possible.