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St John of God Geelong Hospital | |
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St John of God Health Care | |
Geography | |
Location | Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
Coordinates | 38°09′05″S144°21′28″E / 38.15139°S 144.35778°E Coordinates: 38°09′05″S144°21′28″E / 38.15139°S 144.35778°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Private |
Type | General |
Services | |
Beds | 252 |
History | |
Former name(s) | Holy Cross Hospital |
Opened | 1965 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
St John of God Geelong Hospital is a 284-bed hospital providing inpatient and outpatient care in the Barwon and south-west regions of Victoria. [1]
Founded in 1965, the Sisters of St John of God purchased the hospital in 1977 and it was renamed from Holy Cross Hospital to St John of God Geelong Hospital in 1980. [2]
St John of God Geelong Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care, a Catholic not-for-profit health care group. [3]
In 2012, St John of God Geelong Hospital began construction on a $64.6 million redevelopment which includes the addition of 64 new beds. [4]
The redevelopment, which finished in 2014, include the addition of 64 new beds, the establishment of an emergency facility and rehabilitation service, three new operating theatres, new nurse units for oncology, palliative care and orthopedic services, an education and training centre, and additional car-parking. [5]
A second $21 million redevelopment finished in 2017 adding three operating theatres, a hydrotherapy pool and rehabilitation centre, angiography suite and new chapel. In 2017, the hospital’s new intensive care unit opened. [6]
In 2020, the hospital's Emergency Department opened 24/7 becoming the first private emergency department to open 24/7 in the region. [7]
St John of God Raphael Services in Geelong provides perinatal infant mental health care and research. Staffed by mental health clinicians, Raphael Services provide free support for parents and families affected by anxiety, depression and other mental health difficulties during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. The services also provide counselling and support for parents undergoing prenatal testing or who have experienced pregnancy loss. [8]
St John of God Horizon House program in Geelong provides safe, stable accommodation and support vulnerable young people aged 16–22 years who are currently experiencing, or are at serious risk, of homelessness. The program supports young people to access education, training and employment opportunities and make the transition to independent living. [9]
The four-level, 80-bed facility opened under the name Holy Cross Hospital in 1965, administered by the RC Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Construction and equipment cost A£750,000 (A$1.5m), the building designed by Buchan, Laird & Buchan (now the Buchan Group – a multinational architecture firm which originated in Geelong). The original configuration featured medical, surgical, obstetric and paediatric departments. [10]
In 1974, due to financial and administrative difficulties faced by the MSC order, the hospital was to be sold. The local RC church acted to keep it by inviting another order, the Sisters of St John of God to take over its administration. [11] The name of the hospital was not changed at this time, remaining as Holy Cross.
The Sisters of St John of God purchased the hospital from the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart (MSC Sisters) in 1977.
The name of the hospital was officially changed from the Holy Cross Hospital to St John of God Geelong Hospital in 1980.
The Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart partnered with the Hospital Auxiliary to build a new 81-bed hospital.
The Sisters handed over the management of the hospital to lay caregivers in 1989. [12]
St John of God Health Care is a Catholic provider of health care services in Australia, with 24 hospitals and facilities comprising more than 3,400 beds. The group operates in Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand.
Westfield Geelong is a shopping centre located in the Geelong CBD in Victoria, Australia which was opened in 1988. It was formerly known as Westfield Bay City before the 2008 redevelopment, and as Bay City Plaza before being acquired by the Westfield Group in 2003. The centre is located on the northern side of Malop Street opposite the Market Square shopping complex, and is bounded by Moorabool Street, Yarra Street, Malop Street and Brougham Street. The centre has completed its major redevelopment, including the expansion over Yarra Street via a flyover.
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'St John of God Berwick Hospitallocated in Melbourne, Victoria.
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