Victor Harbor residents urged to use the local private hospital — or risk losing it

Chairperson Phil Goode says Victor Harbor locals need use their community-run private hospital or risk losing the facility. (ABC South East SA: Caroline Horn)

McLaren Vale's 25-bed community private hospital is set to close at the end of June and Victor Harbor and South Coast residents are being warned they need to use their 18-bed private facility — or risk losing it.

With the McLaren Vale and Districts War Memorial Hospital set to close and the Keith and District Hospital transitioning to SA Health management, the Victor Harbor Private Hospital will become one of only three private community hospitals left in regional South Australia, along with Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula and Stirling in the Adelaide Hills.