Cairns Base Hospital is the largest major hospital in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located at 165 The Esplanade, Cairns North, Cairns. The hospital offers general services to Cairns and surrounding areas, a population of about 250,000 people.
The facility is a 676-bed hospital that provides community and specialist hospital services for Cairns and its immediate surroundings and is the major referral centre for Tropical North Queensland. It is the biggest hospital in the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and it offers all major health specialties (medicine, surgery, women’s health, paediatrics and mental health) and more than 30 sub-specialties.