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The Geelong and District Kitchener Memorial Hospital as it was known opened on 13 March 1924. [1] That building consisted of a central administration block, which remained until 2007, with wards branching off to each side. From 1927, the Gala Day festival in Geelong helped raise money for the hospital.
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 ...
Barwon Health is a health care provider in Geelong, Australia, with services ranging from hospital, rehabilitation, maternity, elderly care, community health centres and mental health services. Founded in 1998, Barwon Health is among the largest comprehensive regional health services in Australia and also one of the largest regional employers ...
In 1937, after much lobbying by Sister Mary Gertrude, the order established a hospital for Aboriginal Australian patients with Hansen's disease, outside of Derby. [ 4 ] The Sisters of St John of God went on to establish additional hospitals, pathology [ 5 ] and social outreach services in Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
St John of God Geelong Hospital [554] – Geelong; St John of God Langmore Centre [555] – Berwick; St John of God Warrnambool Hospital [556] – Warrnambool; St Vincent's Private Hospital East Melbourne [557] – East Melbourne; St Vincent's Private Hospital Fitzroy [557] – Fitzroy; St Vincent's Private Hospital Kew [557] – Kew; The ...
By 1928 a number of similar schemes had been started for employees of other local industrial organisations. An open health fund was officially launched and opened to the public by the mayor of Geelong on 13 August 1934. The name Geelong Medical and Hospital Benefits Association (GMHBA) was adopted in 1958. [1]
Geelong (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ l ɒ ŋ / jih-LONG) [4] [5] (Wathawurrung: Djilang/Djalang) [6] is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, about 75 km (47 mi) southwest of Melbourne.
Epworth Hospital opened on 28 February 1920, [3] as a 25-bed community hospital initiated in the mansion Yancowinna situated at 34 Erin Street, Richmond, which had been purchased by the Methodist annual conference in 1919 following a donation of £6,000 by Sir Aaron Danks.