South Brevard Health Services Guide

Palm Bay Hospital, at 1425 Malabar Road NE, is the one hospital with a Palm Bay address on AHCA's primary stroke center list, and the same state lists name hospitals in Melbourne and, across the county line, Sebastian.

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) lists Palm Bay Hospital at 1425 Malabar Rd NE, Palm Bay 32907, with the phone number (321) 434-8000 (AHCA stroke programs report, primary stroke centers). The same AHCA report lists Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital at 250 N Wickham Rd in Melbourne and, across the county line, Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital at 13695 US Highway 1 in Sebastian, in Indian River County.

Holmes Regional Medical Center, at 1350 S Hickory St in Melbourne, appears on a separate AHCA list of thrombectomy-capable stroke centers, with the phone number (321) 434-7000 (AHCA stroke programs report, thrombectomy-capable centers). The Digital Towns guide Hospitals near Micco and Barefoot Bay, in this section, covers the emergency departments that Micco, Barefoot Bay, Grant-Valkaria and Malabar residents rely on, including the Sebastian hospital across the county line.

One listing is new this year. AHCA gives Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital a primary stroke center effective date of January 14, 2026. These designations are state program listings, not quality rankings.

Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne is the only Brevard County hospital on the Florida Department of Health trauma center list, as a Level II center, so it is the listed trauma center in the county that holds Palm Bay, Malabar and Grant-Valkaria.

The list includes Holmes Regional Medical Center, Level II, in Brevard, and HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, Level II, in St. Lucie (Florida Department of Health, Florida trauma centers). Indian River County, where the Sebastian River hospital sits, has no hospital on that list.

For Micco and Barefoot Bay that is the practical point. Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital appears on AHCA's primary stroke center list but not on the Department of Health trauma center list; the listed trauma centers in Brevard and St. Lucie counties are Holmes Regional in Melbourne and HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital.

The Florida Department of Health in Brevard County (DOH-Brevard) runs a Melbourne Clinic on East University Boulevard, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, plus a Viera Clinic and administrative headquarters on Judge Fran Jamieson Way.

The Melbourne Clinic, phone 321-726-2920, offers family planning, immunizations, STI services and the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program; immunizations run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, and clinic appointments are booked at 321-637-7300 (DOH-Brevard, Melbourne Clinic).

The Viera Clinic, at 2555 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, phone 321-639-5800, lists nine services, adding HIV/AIDS services, pediatric dental care, tuberculosis services, refugee health and school and sports physicals, and is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays (DOH-Brevard, Viera Clinic). Birth and death certificates come from the Viera Administrative Headquarters at 2565 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, phone 321-454-7111 (DOH-Brevard, Viera Administrative Headquarters).

Residents of Palm Bay, Malabar, Grant-Valkaria, Micco and Barefoot Bay who need more care than a general shelter gives can preregister with the Brevard County special needs registry, which DOH-Brevard describes as a shelter of last resort.

DOH-Brevard says a special needs shelter offers basic medical assistance and monitoring, food and water, sleeping space for the resident and a caregiver, and backup electricity for essential equipment, but not complex medical care (DOH-Brevard, special needs shelters). Eligibility covers people with medical needs who do not require hospitalization, cannot be accommodated in a regular shelter, need help with basic daily tasks, or have a chronic condition that requires assistance. Residents should arrive able to be self-sufficient for 72 hours, with items such as cots, bedding, medicine and food.

For Palm Bay, Malabar, Grant-Valkaria, Micco and Barefoot Bay households, preregistration matters because, DOH-Brevard says, it lets emergency responders reserve space for those with the greatest need. The DOH-Brevard emergency preparedness line is 321-690-6488, and service animals are allowed in special needs shelters.

As of October 15, 2026, the newest item in the DOH-Brevard recent news list is a mosquito-borne illness advisory issued September 3, 2026, after several sentinel chickens tested positive for West Nile virus (DOH-Brevard).

The advisory says DOH-Brevard and Brevard County Mosquito Control are coordinating enhanced mosquito monitoring, targeted treatment and overnight spraying, and it encourages Florida residents to report dead birds to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (DOH-Brevard advisory, September 3, 2026). The advisory names no individual town, Palm Bay, Malabar, Grant-Valkaria and Micco included.

A routine service was added in the spring. In an April 15, 2026 press release, DOH-Brevard said it now offers school and sports physicals at its Viera location for $45 per student, by appointment at 321-637-7300 (DOH-Brevard press release, April 15, 2026). Students entering a Florida public school for the first time need a school physical, and student athletes in grades 7 to 12 who plan to play sports need a sports physical. For Palm Bay, Malabar and Grant-Valkaria families, the Viera clinic is the only DOH-Brevard site named in the release.

FloridaHealthFinder, the Agency for Health Care Administration consumer site, lets anyone search Florida health care facilities, including those in Palm Bay and the rest of South Brevard, by facility and location details or by address, city or ZIP Code.

Its Locate Facility tool searches a facility's operating information and location, and its Proximity Search finds the facilities closest to an address, city or ZIP Code, such as a Palm Bay or Micco address, within a chosen distance (FloridaHealthFinder, AHCA). Each facility profile has sections for facility information, services and characteristics, an emergency power plan summary and legal actions.

Last verified: October 15, 2026, on the Florida Department of Health, Florida Department of Health in Brevard County and AHCA websites.