St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital is a 60-bed hospital providing specialist inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation care. Located in

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, the facility is a specialist rehabilitation hospital, providing neurological,

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, cardiac and reconditioning programs. The hospital was built in 1976 and opened the following year as Peninsula Private Hospital. It then relocated to a new site in 1999 and shortly after became the Nepean Rehabilitation Hospital. The facility was acquired by

St John of God Health Care 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, ...

in March 2004 and renamed St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital in 2012. The hospital made global news in 2009 for its work with Russell McPhee, a man who had been paralysed for 20 years. After undertaking a course of

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injections – or botox – McPhee was reportedly able to walk again. St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital is a division of

Facilities

The hospital has 60 beds,

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pool, cardiac,

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and

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gyms, a chapel and a pet visiting room. The facility underwent a $723,000 façade upgrade in 2010, including redevelopment of the cardiac/pulmonary gym.

Services

Rehabilitation services offered by the hospital include: * Stroke * Neurological * Orthopaedic * Spinal injury * Cardiac * Pain management * Reconditioning * Pulmonary * Oncology

Social outreach

In 2010, the hospital partnered with Open Family Australia to introduce a new drug and alcohol educational program for homeless youths in Frankston. In conjunction with other local businesses, St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital funds a full-time youth worker to help combat youth homelessness, crime and alcohol and drug-related abuse among troubled youth in the region.St John of God Health Care (2010-10-07)
“Reaching out to youth at risk”
Press release. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

References

External links

Official websiteSisters of St John of God website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint John of God Frankston Hospital Hospital buildings completed in 2000 Hospitals in Victoria (Australia) St John of God Health Care Rehabilitation hospitals Buildings and structures in the City of Frankston