St John of God Murdoch Hospital

Coordinates: 32°04′05″S 115°50′42″E / 32.068°S 115.845°E

Emergency department of St John of God Hospital, Murdoch

St John of God Murdoch Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care, one of the largest providers of health care services in Australia.[1]

Established in 1994, the hospital services the southern suburbs of Perth in Western Australia. It provides comprehensive hospital services for more than 50,000 patients each year, with the emergency department treating around 20,000 patients a year.

Facilities

St John of God Murdoch Hospital houses 363 inpatient beds, a 24-hour emergency department, operating suite, endoscopy suite, angiography suite, birth suite, a 35-bed maternity ward, hydrotherapy pool, medical library and education centre.[2]

Services

Services provided by St John of God Murdoch Hospital include the following:

Education

St John of God Murdoch Hospital has affiliations with a number of teaching institutions, including The University of Western Australia,[3] Challenger Institute of Technology,[4] Edith Cowan University[5] and the University of Notre Dame.[6]

Murdoch Community Hospice

Located on the grounds of St John of God Murdoch Hospital, the purpose-built, 20-bed Murdoch Community Hospice provides specialist palliative care to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. Funding for the $5m Murdoch Community Hospice was raised by the St John of God Foundation.[7]

Redevelopment

In 2012, the hospital began construction on a $200+ million redevelopment project, which includes an additional 174 beds, eight new theatres, a cancer centre including 20-place chemotherapy unit, multi-storey medical centre, 30-place endoscopy unit, pathology laboratory, birthing suite and 450 new parking bays. This will include a new hospital wing, an extra 120 beds, eight additional operating theatres, and a new cancer centre. The expansion will provide services for an extra 25,000 patients each year, with new services becoming available between late 2012 and late 2014.[8][9]

The new St John of God Murdoch Training and Education Centre (MURTEC) opened in September 2012.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ LiveinVictoria.vic.gov.au (2010), "Living in Regional Victoria", pp.3, Retrieved 2011-02-24
  2. ↑ St John of God Murdoch Hospital, "About Us". Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  3. ↑ Kulunga Research Network, "St John of God Health Care Collaboration". Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  4. ↑ Challenger Institute of Technology (2009), "Deb transforms herself into a professional carer". Press release. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  5. ↑ Edith Cowan University, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine, "Partner Hospitals". Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  6. ↑ University of Notre Dame, "Graduate Diploma in Perioperative Nursing", pp.1. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  7. ↑ St John of God Health Care (2010), "Pomegranate", pp.1. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  8. ↑ "Redevelopment". St John of God Health Care. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  9. ↑ Nico, Jessica (19 April 2011). "100 more beds at SJOG, Murdoch". Melville Times.
  10. ↑ Clinic Simulation Support Unit (2012), "October newsletter, Issue 5". Retrieved 2012-12-10.

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