Ballarat Base Hospital

The Ballarat Base Hospital is a hospital located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It is a public hospital operated by Ballarat Health Services. Ballarat Health Services employs approximately 4000 staff at the Base Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Centre 1 km to the south-west, and 13 off-site facilities in the surrounding area.

Ballarat Base Hospital
Ballarat Health Services
Ballarat Hospital
Geography
LocationBallarat, Victoria, Australia
Organisation
Care systemPublic Medicare (Australia)
TypeRegional
Affiliated universityDeakin University
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds785
History
Opened1855
Links
Websitewww.bhs.org.au//
ListsHospitals in Australia

History

During the gold rush of the 1850s, the Government Camp provided medical support but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.

The five storey Henry Bolte wing, designed by architects Bates Smart was completed in 1994.

In 1997, the Ballarat Base Hospital merged with the Queen Elizabeth Centre and the Grampians Psychiatric Service to form Ballarat Health Services.

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See also

Notes

    Further reading
    • Hyslop, Anthea, Sovereign Remedies: A History of Ballarat Base Hospital, 1850s-1980s, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1989
    • Menadue, H. W., First Fifty Years: Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, 1929-1978, Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, Ballarat, 1978
    • Menadue, H. W. (ed.), Register of the Nurse Training School 1888-1988, Ballarat Base Hospital, Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, Ballarat, 1993

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