St John of God Hospital, Subiaco
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St John of God Hospital Subiaco is a division of St John of God Health Care
St John of God Health Care
St John of God Health Care is Australia's third largest private hospital operator, with 13 hospitals and facilities in the states of Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, as well as in New Zealand....

, one of the largest providers of health care services in Australia.

Founded in 1898, Subiaco Hospital is the oldest surviving St John of God Health Care hospital in Australia, and the first permanent facility established by the Congregation of the Sisters of St John of God.

The hospital is located in the inner west of Perth, Western Australia.

Facilities

St John of God Hospital Subiaco houses 548 beds, 23 operating theatres, two cardio and vascular intervention laboratories and radiology and pathology suites.

The on-site $30 million Bendat Family Comprehensive Cancer Centre comprises an oncology ward, day chemotherapy suite, an endoscopy unit and consulting suites.

The hospital also operates the Subiaco Clinic, which includes medical consulting rooms, a combined operating suite and day surgery unit and a conference centre.

In 2008, St John of God Hospital Subiaco became the first hospital in Western Australia and the fifth in Australia to obtain a “da Vinci” robot. The robot is used for performing radical prostatectomies and other delicate surgeries.

Services

Services provided by the hospital include:
  • maternity
  • paediatrics
  • intensive and coronary Care
  • palliative care
  • home nursing
  • day surgery
  • GP After Hours
  • sports medicine and physiotherapy
  • diagnostic
  • pastoral

Research

In 2009, the Jean and John Tonkinson Research Foundation was established through St John of God Hospital Subiaco as a means of providing funding assistance towards research in the field of colorectal cancer.

The hospital’s Colorectal Cancer Research Centre was founded in 2006 and is headed by Associate Professor Cameron Platell.

Raphael Centre

The hospital operates the oldest of the St John of God Health Care Raphael Centres, opened in 2003. The Raphael Centre provides support and information for parents affected by anxiety or depression during pregnancy and in the two years following childbirth.

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