We aspire to be the world's leading eye and ear health service.

Based at East Melbourne, the Hospital, primarily an ambulatory and elective surgery centre, is one of Victoria’s largest hospitals in terms of patient appointments. It undertakes half of the State’s public general eye surgery, up to 90% of special eye surgery, and almost all of Victoria’s public cochlear implant surgery. Annually, the Hospital provides over 220,000 occasions of service to patients ranging from medical and allied health outpatient clinics, to emergency and inpatient admissions. Since its beginnings in 1863, when the Hospital was an infirmary treating diseases of the eye and ear amongst Melbourne’s poor, the Hospital has grown in size and reputation. As a world leader in eye, ear, nose and throat services, the Hospital is now at the cutting edge of research and teaching.

Specialist services
Teaching and research
Promoting community health