Charters Towers Health Service

Overview

Charters Towers Health Service is a rural healthcare facility serving the historic goldfields city of Charters Towers and surrounding communities in North Queensland. With approximately 25 beds, the hospital provides emergency care, general medicine, low-risk maternity, palliative care, and outpatient services. Operating under Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Charters Towers Health Service serves a population of approximately 8,000 people in this inland community. The facility underwent refurbishment in recent years to enhance its emergency department and patient areas. Charters Towers Health Service offers allied health services, community health programs, and outreach clinics to remote properties. The hospital maintains connections with larger facilities in Townsville, approximately 130 kilometers to the northeast, through established referral pathways and telehealth capabilities. Charters Towers Health Service plays a vital role in this historic gold mining city, which now serves as a service center for the surrounding cattle grazing industry and as an education center with several boarding schools.