St John of God Bendigo Hospital

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St John of God Bendigo Hospital
St John of God Health Care
St John of God Bendigo Hospital
Geography
Location Bendigo, Central Victoria, Australia
Coordinates 36°45′43″S144°15′48″E / 36.761938°S 144.263266°E / -36.761938; 144.263266 Coordinates: 36°45′43″S144°15′48″E / 36.761938°S 144.263266°E / -36.761938; 144.263266
Organisation
Funding Private
Type General
Religious affiliation Catholic Church
Services
Beds167
History
Opened2005
Links
Lists Hospitals in Australia

St John of God Bendigo Hospital is a 167-bed private hospital located in central Victoria. [1]

Contents

St John of God Health Care acquired Mt Alvernia Mercy Hospital in February 2005, renaming it St John of God Bendigo Hospital. [2] The private hospital services the City of Bendigo and Central Victoria.

St John of God Bendigo Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care, a Catholic not-for-profit health care group, serving communities with hospitals, home nursing, and social outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Currently the hospital is partially non-functional, and struggles to be viable. An entire ward is unused and the hospital is on unsure footing financially. [3]

Facilities

The 167-bed hospital has six theatres, one endoscopy suite, a cardiac interventional lab and a critical care/intensive care unit, as well as a hydrotherapy pool and gymnasium. [4]

Services

Services provided by St John of God Bendigo Hospital include:

Social outreach

St John of God Raphael Services provides perinatal infant mental health care in Bendigo. 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.

They services also provide counselling and support for parents undergoing prenatal testing or who have experienced pregnancy loss.

St John of God Horizon House program 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. [6]

In 2017, an additional four units were added to enable the service to support 12 young people in the program. [7]

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References

  1. "St John of God Health Care Annual Report page 37" (PDF). www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. Breastscreen Victoria, “Annual Report 2004-2005”, pp.7. Retrieved 2011-02-25
  3. "Facilities". www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. St John of God Health Care, “Bendigo”. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  5. "St John of God Annual Report 2017- 2018 page 37" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. "About". sjog.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. Safe, Haven Home (30 March 2017). "Changing lives for the better". Haven; Home, Safe. Retrieved 15 June 2017.