Angliss Hospital

Angliss Hospital is a public hospital in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, located on the corner of Albert Street and Talaskia Road.[1] The hospital is a member of the Eastern Health network, and is located near a number of medical facilities that support the hospital, such as Angliss House and Chandler House.[2]

Angliss Hospital
Geography
Location	39 Albert Street, Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria,  Australia
Coordinates	37.898618°S 145.314191°E / -37.898618; 145.314191
Organisation
Type	Public
History
Opened	1939
Links
Website	https://www.easternhealth.org.au/locations/angliss-hospital/item/215-angliss-hospital
Other links	List of hospitals in Australia

History

The hospital was originally named William Angliss Hospital and then changed to Angliss Hospital. It was established in 1939[3] and named after Sir William Charles Angliss, a respected local politician and philanthropist who contributed financially to the hospital's foundation.[4]. The Angliss family continued to play a significant role in the hospitals growth and management, well into the 20th Century. In 1945 a decision was made to relocate the hospital due to increased demand, and in 1958, Lady Angliss opened the hospital in its now present location. Funding from the Angliss' charitable foundation allowed for the hospital to build an additional 27 beds in 1965.[4] In 2010 the hospital celebrated the 85,000th birth to have occurred at the hospital.[4]

Facilities

The Angliss Hospital is considered a medium metropolitan hospital by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, and has an Emergency Department, Radiology, Midwifery, Intensive Care, Obstetric, Paediatric and Rehabilitation departments. In addition to these facilities, the hospital operates the aged care facility located on adjacent Edward Street.[1] The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Angliss Hospital was completed in 2018, at a cost of $20 million, adding 14 intensive care beds to the hospital as well as a new short-stay expansion of the hospital's emergency department.[5][6]

Future expansion

In 2018, the recently re-elected Andrews government pledged to expand the hospital with an additional 25 hospital beds. The planned expansion is considered an extension of the most recent development at the hospital completed in 2018, which added an intensive care unit to the hospital and a fourth floor. The cost of the expansion is around $170 million and includes an additional 120 beds at a nearby aged care facility.[7]

See also

• William Angliss

References

1. "Angliss Hospital". MyHospitals. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
2. "Chandler House Child and Youth Mental Health Service". HealthDirect. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
3. "Angliss Hospital". www.easternhealth.org.au. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
4. "Angliss Hospital - through the years". Rangers Trader Mail. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
5. "Angliss Hospital new intensive care unit and short stay unit". Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
6. "Work has started on $20 million intensive care unit at the Angliss Hospital". Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
7. "Labor promises millions for Angliss". Ranges Trader Mail. Retrieved 14 July 2019.