The Hanover & District Hospital provides a full range of primary care hospital services and selected secondary care services to the population of Hanover and the surrounding rural municipalities. The original hospital was established in 1923 and a new acute care hospital was build in 1973. It is a state of the art facility with a 24 hour Emergency Department. The Hospital's vision is to be a rural acute care center of excellence and its primary goal is to achieve organizational excellence in patient safety and care closer to home. The services provided include: two state of the art Operating Rooms, Day Surgery, Obstetrics, Emergency Department, Specialist Clinics, Medical/Surgical In-patient Unit, Special Care Unit, Palliative Care, Hemodialysis Unit, Rehabilitation Services, Laboratory Services, and Diagnostic Imaging. Other services located within the building include: Home & Community Support Services (HCSS), Family Health Team (FHT), a Psychiatrist, a Psychologist, Surgical Services, Chaplaincy Services, Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), Diabetic Education and Community Care Access Center (CCAC).