Wimmera Base Hospital in Horsham will soon be linking its intensive care unit to a critical care specialist at Melbourne’s The Alfred Hospital through telehealth, part of an extension to a critical care telehealth project pioneered at Mildura Base Hospital in 2017.

Wimmera Health Care Group is one of three regional areas trialling the telehealth model this year, with Bairnsdale Regional Health Service and Central Gippsland Health also taking part, supported by Safer Care Victoria.