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St John Of God Foundation
St John of God Health Care is a Catholic provider of health care services in Australia, with 24 hospitals and facilities comprising more than 3,400 beds. The group operates in Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and New Zealand. The group has evolved out of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a Catholic order. History The congregation of the Sisters of St John of God was founded in 1871 in Wexford, Ireland. In 1895, Perth's Bishop Matthew Gibney sent a request to the Sisters for help to care for people suffering from typhoid fever during the Western Australian gold rushes, 1890s gold rush. The first hospital established under this arrangement was at Kalgoorlie in the late 1890s followed shortly by St John of God Subiaco Hospital, another in the Perth suburb of Subiaco, Western Australia, Subiaco. The Sisters often cared for patients with infectious diseases including typhoid and Hansen's disease (leprosy), which spread quickly in cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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