St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne is the major hospital operated by the St Vincent's Health service in Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne, previously known as the Sisters of Charity Health Service, Melbourne. It is situated at the corner of Nicholson Street and Victoria Street It is a tertiary referral centre which offers a variety of medical, surgical and mental health specialities.

History

St Vincent's Hospital was opened in 1893 as a Catholic hospital owned and operated by the Sisters of Charity.

Over time it became a large public hospital, with close links to the Mercy Hospital, Melbourne. It also has a private hospital associated with it.

In July 2002, the Sisters of Charity Health Service, Melbourne was rebranded as St Vincent's Health.

A new building was recently constructed behind the original building, which is now heritage-listed. The new hospital has been widely praised for its innovative design - for example, complementary medical and surgical specialties (such as neurology/neurosurgery) exist on opposite sides of the same ward.

The Clinical School

A clinical school was opened in St Vincent's Hospital in 1909 as part of the University of Melbourne. It is one of the clinical schools at the University of Melbourne (the others being based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Austin Hospital, Goulburn Valley Health, Ballarat Base Hospital and Northeast Health). It is one with a high academic standard.Fact|date=September 2007 Students at the St Vincent's Hospital also do several rotations at Geelong Hospital.

The hospital also offers a wide range of postgraduate training programs.

Clinical Specialities and Services Offered

There are several medical and surgical wards at St Vincent's Hospital. There is also a psychiatric unit and an Emergency Department.

Note: This is not an exhaustive list.
* Anaesthesia
* Emergency Department, including facilities for resuscitation
* Intensive Care Unit

Medical

* Cardiology
* Respiratory
* Neurology
* Gastroenterology
* Oncology
* Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology
* Endocrinology
* Nephrology
* Rheumatology
* Haematology
* Addiction Medicine
* General Medicine

urgical

* Microsurgery
* Plastic Surgery
* Cardiothoracic Surgery
* Orthopaedic Surgery
* Colorectal Surgery
* Urology
* Neurosurgery
* General Surgery
* Upper GI Sugery

Mental Health

* Psychiatry
* ECATT team

St Vincent's Health operates a mental health ward and an Enhanced Crisis Assessment & Treatment Team & Triage Service (ECATT) that assesses patients in the Emergency Department.

ee also

* List of hospitals in Australia
* [http://www.svhm.org.au/infoabout/svh/svhm.htm St Vincent's Hospital (page at St Vincent's Health)]
* www.anzca.edu.au (Home page of ANZ College of Anaesthetists).


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