Yarrawonga Health

Overview

Yarrawonga Health is a rural healthcare facility serving the border town of Yarrawonga and surrounding communities on the Victorian side of the Murray River. With approximately 25 beds, this integrated health service provides acute care, urgent care, residential aged care, and community health programs. Operating under Victoria’s rural health framework, the facility offers urgent care services, general medical care, low-complexity surgery, maternity services, dialysis, residential aged care, and allied health services. Located approximately 270 kilometers northeast of Melbourne on Lake Mulwala, Yarrawonga Health serves a catchment population of around 8,000 permanent residents, with numbers increasing significantly during holiday periods in this popular Murray River tourism destination. The hospital plays an important role in providing accessible healthcare to this growing rural community, which includes both a significant retiree population and seasonal influxes of visitors. The facility works in coordination with NSW health services in neighboring Mulwala and maintains connections with larger regional hospitals in Wangaratta and Shepparton for more complex care. Yarrawonga Health’s service profile continues to evolve with the changing demographics of the area, which has seen substantial population growth as both a retirement destination and lifestyle community.