Mater Women's and Children's Hospital in Hyde Park Townsville, Queensland

Townsville, Queensland

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...

 was established in 2007 when the Sisters of Mercy (Mater Health Services North Queensland

Mater Health Services North Queensland

Mater Health Services North Queensland operates two fully accredited private hospitals, one established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1945 named Mater Hospital Pimlico and the second purchased in 2007 named the Mater Women's and Children's Hospital Hyde Park .- History :Five Sisters of...

) bought the competing private obstetric hospital, the Wesley/Park Haven Hospital.

The Mater Women's and Children's Hospital has a bed capacity of 58. Current specialty areas represented are gynaecology

Gynaecology

Gynaecology or gynecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system . Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women"...

, obstetrics

Obstetrics

Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...

, paediatrics, general surgery

General surgery

General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs, e.g., intestines including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland . They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft...

, orthopaedics, urology

Urology

Urology is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological...

, oncology

Oncology

Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...

, and plastic surgery

Plastic surgery

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.