St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

at 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy , 3065 Australia

1. Hospital
2. Medical Research
3. Health/Medical/Pharmacy

St Vincent's is a leading teaching and research hospital in Melbourne, Australia. For all media enquiries, please call 03 9231 3926.

Description

From our humble beginnings in a small cottage hospital in 1890s Fitzroy to our contemporary place as one of Victoria’s leading public hospitals, St Vincent’s has always provided the very best in patient care to people from all walks of life. Today, we provide medical and surgical services, emergency and aged care, mental health, palliative and residential care to thousands of patients each year. We have more than 5,000 staff working at 15 sites across greater Melbourne. We’re part of Australia’s largest not-for-profit health service, St Vincent’s Health Australia, and are guided by our shared values of compassion, justice, integrity and excellence. From performing Australia's first hand transplant to developing the world's first warning device for epileptic seizures and pioneering new approaches to cardiac surgery, St Vincent’s is at the forefront of medical education, research and innovation. Together with the University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Clinical School provides the very best in training for the next generation of medical professionals. Our wider network of collaborative research partners includes St Vincent's Institute, the O'Brien Institute, the Bionics Institute, the University of Woollongong and the Australian Catholic University. Together, we are working on some extraordinary medical breakthroughs particularly in the field of bioscience. It's for these reasons and many more that we are recognised locally and internationally for excellence in patient care, research and real innovation. St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne – a snapshot: • We have over 5,000 staff working at 15 sites across Melbourne • We care for over 500,000 patients each year • Over 40,000 people present at our Emergency Department annually • Almost half our admitted patients are born overseas and one in seven uses our interpreter service • We are the largest provider of health care to Aboriginal Victorians and are recognised as one of the top five hospitals in Australia delivering quality health services to the Aboriginal community • We have one of the largest palliative care units in Victoria, providing care and support to patients both in the hospital and in their homes • We are one of Australia’s leading centres for the medical treatment of drug and alcohol addiction • Our staff make over 27,000 visits and treat over 3,500 patients in their own homes each year • We have a state of the art teaching facility for medical, surgical and allied health groups • We have a world class Cancer Centre with the very best in medical technology and patient care facilities Our sites • St Vincent’s Hospital, Fitzroy - major teaching, research and tertiary referral hospital • St George’s Health Service, Kew - rehabilitation and aged care • Caritas Christi Hospice, Kew and Fitzroy - Palliative care • Prague House, Kew - Residential care for people with health issues experiencing homelessness • The Cottage, Fitzroy - short-term care for people experiencing homelessness • Residential Aged Care - Cambridge House in Collingwood, Riverside House in Richmond and Auburn House in Hawthorn East • St Vincent’s Mental Health Service Community Care - The Footbridge, North Fitzroy • Aged Psychiatric Care - Normanby Unit, Kew • Dialysis Satellite Centres - Kew, Shepparton, Warrnambool, Swan Hill, Werribee, Sale and Ferntree Gully • Pathology Collection - 50 centres across metropolitan Melbourne • Specialist clinics, Fitzroy - 40 clinics providing diagnostic support for general practitioners and patients before or after admission

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Summary

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is Melbourne based place and this enity listed in Hospital category. Located at 41 Victoria Parade VIC 3065. Contact phone number of St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne: 03 9288 2211