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| St John of God Berwick Hospital | |
|---|---|
| St John of God Health Care | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Coordinates | 38°02′42″S 145°20′41″E / 38.044986°S 145.344822°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Private |
| Type | General |
| Religious affiliation | Catholic Church |
| Services | |
| Beds | 202 |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Berwick Hospital, Berwick Bush Nursing Hospital |
| Opened | 2018 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
St John of God Berwick Hospital is a private hospital located in Melbourne, Victoria.[1] It provides health care to Melbourne's south east and regional eastern Victoria.[2]
Originally known as Berwick Hospital,[3] the facility was taken over by St John of God Health Care in 2003.[4] The original hospital was established in 1939 as Berwick Bush Nursing Hospital.[5]
St John of God Berwick Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care, a leading Catholic not-for-profit health care group, serving communities with hospitals, home nursing, and social outreach services throughout Australia and New Zealand.[6]
Redevelopment
[edit]Construction of the new St John of God Berwick Hospital facility at 75 Kangan Dr, Berwick started in January 2016 and opened on 18 January 2018. The new hospital provides 202 beds, including 12 beds in the Day Oncology Centre, eight operating theatres,[7] two procedure rooms, a cardiovascular interventional laboratory, six birth suites and the first intensive care and cardiac care unit for the region.[8][9]
The old 82-bed hospital on Gibb Street, Berwick is now known as St John of God Langmore Centre, which provides mental health care, including a perinatal mental health inpatient service, for the south east Melbourne community[10][11]
Services
[edit]The services provided by St John of God Berwick hospital include:
- Day surgery
- Medical and surgical services
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Special care nursery
- Oncology
- Elective surgery
- Medical care
- Endoscopy
- Critical care[12]
St John of God Healthcare at Home
[edit]In 2010, St John of God Health Care launched Healthcare at Home, previously known as Health Choices, in Berwick. The service provides home-based nursing care in Victoria's Casey/Cardinia region.[13]
Social outreach
[edit]St John of God Raphael Services provides perinatal infant mental health care and research in Berwick. 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.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "HealthShare: St John of God Berwick Hospital". www.healthshare.com.au. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "St john of God Annual Report 2017-18 page 38" (PDF). www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Williams, Eileen M; Stephenson, Noel L; Berwick Hospital (1991), Bush nursing in Berwick, the first fifty years, Berwick Hospital Inc, ISBN 978-1-875475-02-5
- ^ Health Data and Standards Systems Victoria (2004-02-25), “Bulletin, Issue 64”, pp. 3. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ Elizabeth Hart (2007-11-21), “Private Hospital Revamp Opens”. Pakenham Gazette. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ^ "Facilities". www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "About St John of God Berwick Hospital".
- ^ "New hospital gets go ahead in Berwick". Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "$120 Million Addition to St John of God Berwick Hospital". Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Star News | Berwick". August 2022.
- ^ "Catholic Diocese of Sale".
- ^ "About St John of God Berwick Hospital".
- ^ St John of God Health Care (2010-05-07), media release PND Forum.doc “SJOG Berwick launches Health Choices – a new home based nursing service”. Press release. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
- ^ Department of Human Services, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division. "Search: Human Services Directory - Health Information, Australia". Retrieved 15 June 2017.