Bundaberg Base Hospital is the public hospital of
Bundaberg,
Queensland
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Australia. Bundaberg Base Hospital was opened by the
Governor of Queensland
The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor performs constitutional and ceremonial func ...
in 1914.
A base hospital is a regional centre that takes referrals from outlying hospitals, and concentrates specialised skills. Australia has a universal publicly funded health insurance scheme, so a 'public' hospital is one that is supported by public funds rather than by charging individual patients. There are two private hospitals in the same city.
The hospital has an annual budget of $56 million.
Jayant Patel
Bundaberg Hospital was the scene of a political scandal, due to the 'gross negligence' of one of its surgeons,
Jayant Patel
Jayant Mukundray Patel (born April 10, 1950 ) is an Indian-born American surgeon who was accused of gross negligence whilst working at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland, Australia. Deaths of some of Patel's patients led to widespread publici ...
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Manslaughter charges have been recommended against him, while charges of official misconduct were levelled at the hospital's Director of Medical Services, Dr Darren Keating (the top-ranked doctor) and District Manager, Mr Peter Leck (the CEO).
On 29 June 2010, Jayant Patel was found guilty of the
unlawful killing
In English law, unlawful killing is a verdict that can be returned by an inquest in England and Wales when someone has been killed by one or more unknown persons. The verdict means that the killing was done without lawful excuse and in breach of ...
of three patients, and
grievous bodily harm to a fourth. On 1 July he was sentenced to seven years jail for his offences.
[Amelia Bentley (1 July 2010)]
'Totally inadequate': verdict split on Patel sentence
Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. His lawyers made a successful appeal to the
High Court of Australia where his convictions of manslaughter and grievous bodily harm were quashed and a new trial was ordered.
See also
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List of hospitals in Australia
This is a list of hospitals in Australia.
Australian Capital Territory
Public
* Calvary Public Hospital – Bruce
* The Canberra Hospital – Garran
* Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre – Curtin
* University of Canberra Hospital – Bel ...
References
External links
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The Davies Commission
Hospitals in Queensland
Buildings and structures in Bundaberg
Hospitals established in 1914
1914 establishments in Australia
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