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Emergency Department

Open now 7am - 10pm 7 days

Current wait time:

Less than 15 minutes

Mater at a glance

10,000+ operations
200+ doctors
201 beds
14,415 + delivered since 2000

Our people

Joe McCarthy Pastoral Care Manager

Joe has returned to his hometown to take on the pastoral care position and hopes to bring a fresh approach to supporting patients and their families. “I want people to understand that pastoral care is not about spreading Catholicism onto our patients,” he said.