Cooktown Multi-Purpose Health Service (MPHS) is a 24-hour facility which provides emergency, acute and residential aged care. The facility comprises two emergency beds, 16 acute beds, 11 residential aged care beds, and can also accommodate patients with palliative care and respite requirements. Cooktown has an eight-chair, nurse-assisted renal dialysis unit that operates as a satellite service delivered by the Cairns Hospital's Renal Medicine Department for Cook Shire clients. Telehealth services are available for linking with other facilities via video-conference for patients. Distance to main referring hospital - Cairns Hospital - 330km