St John of God Ballarat Hospital
St John of God Ballarat Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care.[1]
Founded in 1915, the 196-bed hospital is located in the Central Business District of Ballarat, a city in Victoria, Australia. It is the largest not-for-profit hospital in regional Victoria.[2]
In 2010, St John of God Ballarat Hospital delivered 485 babies, a record for the facility.[3]
Facilities
A $65 million redevelopment of the hospital was completed in 2009; the new building houses six wards, including inpatient rehabilitation, oncology/medical, surgical/urology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and cardiology.[4]
St John of God Ballarat Hospital is home to the region’s first cardiac and vascular angiography suite, as well as its first operating theatre with digital equipment.[5]
Services
The hospital provides a range of health care services to residents living in Ballarat and Western Victoria, specialising particularly in the following services:
- surgical
- medical
- maternity and gynaecology
- emergency
- day surgery
- intensive and coronary care
- rehabilitation
- oncology
- sleep studies
- home nursing
- interventional cardiac services
- mental health services
Research
The hospital works in conjunction with Ballarat Health Services as part of St John of God Health Care’s Joint Human Research Ethics Committee.
The Joint Committee has a number of functions, including considering ethical implications of proposed research, maintaining a register of research projects and ensuring that ongoing projects continue to adhere to ethical guidelines and legal responsibilities.[6]
Ballarat Cancer Centre
Along with Ballarat Health Services, Austin Health and the Ballarat community, St John of God Ballarat Hospital was part of a successful push in 2010 to secure State and Federal funding for a $56.5 million Ballarat Cancer Centre.[7]
The centre will include two new linear accelerators, four radiation oncology bunkers, four extra chemotherapy chairs and a computed tomography scanner. It is expected to be completed by early 2013.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ LiveinVictoria.vic.gov.au (2010), “Living in Regional Victoria”, pp.3, Retrieved 2011-02-24
- ↑ City of Ballarat, “Hospitals”, Retrieved 2011-02-14
- ↑ Sharni Carroll (2011-02-27), “A big year for babies”, The Courier, Retrieved 2011-03-11
- ↑ Catholic Diocese of Ballarat (2009-11). “News around the Diocese – No. 29”. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ↑ St John of God Ballarat Hospital, “About Us”. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ↑ St John of God Ballarat Hospital. “Research”. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ↑ The Courier (2011-02-12), “Ballarat cancer centre: work begins”. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ↑ The Courier (2011-02-12), “Ballarat cancer centre: work begins”. Retrieved 2011-02-14.