Hollywood Private Hospital (Hollywood) is an acute care hospital located in
Nedlands, Western Australia
Nedlands is a western suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. It is a part of the local government areas of the City of Nedlands and the City of Perth. It is about from the Perth CBD via either Thomas Street or Mounts Bay R ...
. Hollywood is Western Australia's largest private hospital, with more than 900 licensed beds. The hospital is part of
Ramsay Health Care
Ramsay Health Care Limited is an Australian multinational healthcare provider and hospital network, founded by Paul Ramsay in Sydney, Australia, in 1964. The company operates in Australia, Europe, the UK, and Asia, specialising in surgery, reha ...
Group and has more than 800 accredited specialists working across a wide range of disciplines including cardiology, gastroenterology, general medicine, general surgery, oncology, orthopaedics, palliative care, psychiatry, rehabilitation and urology. Hollywood employs over 2,000 people and has 75,000 patient admissions each year.
Specialties
Hollywood offers a wide range of comprehensive specialties, including
*aged care and rehabilitation,
*bariatric/obesity surgery,
*cardiology,
*cardiology – interventional,
*colorectal surgery,
*dermatology,
*ear nose and throat,
*endocrinology,
*gastroenterology,
*general medicine,
*general surgery,
*gynaecological oncology,
*gynaecology,
*haematology,
*infectious diseases,
*neurology,
*neurosurgery,
*nuclear medicine,
*oncology,
*orthopaedics,
*paediatric surgery,
*pain medicine,
*palliative care,
*plastic and reconstructive surgery,
*psychiatry,
*rehabilitation,
*renal medicine,
*respiratory,
*rheumatology,
*urology and
*vascular surgery.
History
*1942 - 110 Military Hospital
*1947 - Repatriation General Hospital, Hollywood;
Jean Elsie Ferguson, matron
*1994 - Purchased by the
Ramsay Health Care
Ramsay Health Care Limited is an Australian multinational healthcare provider and hospital network, founded by Paul Ramsay in Sydney, Australia, in 1964. The company operates in Australia, Europe, the UK, and Asia, specialising in surgery, reha ...
Group and commenced operations as Hollywood Private Hospital on 24 February 1994
*1997 - Opening of The Hollywood Clinic
*2002 - Opening of Sylvia Perry Wing containing the
John Carroll and
Clifford Sadlier Wards
*2009 - Opening of Marjorie Brislee Wing containing the
Hugh Edwards,
Leslie Starcevich,
Mark Donaldson
Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson, (born 2 April 1979) is an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award in the Australian honours system. Then Trooper (rank), Trooper Donaldson was a member of the Speci ...
,
Percival Gratwick and
George Gosse
Lieutenant Commander George Gosse, (16 February 1912 – 31 December 1964) was an Australian recipient of the George Cross, the highest award for extraordinary acts of gallantry away from the field of battle that could be awarded to a member ...
Wards
*2016 - Opening of Anne Leach Wing containing the
Jim Gordon,
Stan Gurney and
George Howell Wards
*2020 - The Hollywood Clinic Expansion
*2021 - Opening of the Hollywood Consulting Centre
2021 - Opening of the new Sylvia Perry Wing containing the Martin O’Meara, Lawrence McCarthy, and Arthur Bagot Wards. The Emergency Department also opened.
Building
The hospital contains four wings: the Anne Leach Wing, Marjorie Brislee Wing,
Vivian Bullwinkel
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham, ( Bullwinkel; 18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole surviving nurse of the Bangka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fe ...
Wing and the
Sylvia Perry Wing.
All wards and units are named after Western Australians who were awarded the
Victoria Cross
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and
George Cross
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:
*
Charles Pope Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Clifford Sadlier Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Frederick Bell Unit (Victoria Cross)
*
George Gosse
Lieutenant Commander George Gosse, (16 February 1912 – 31 December 1964) was an Australian recipient of the George Cross, the highest award for extraordinary acts of gallantry away from the field of battle that could be awarded to a member ...
Ward (George Cross)
*
Henry Murray
Henry Alexander Murray (May 13, 1893 – June 23, 1988) was an American psychologist at Harvard University. From 1959 to 1962, he conducted a series of psychologically damaging and purposefully abusive experiments on minors and undergradua ...
Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Hugh Edwards Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Jim Gordon Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
James Woods
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Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
John Carroll Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Lawrence McCarthy Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Leon Goldsworthy
Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy, (19 January 1909 – 7 August 1994), known as Leon Goldsworthy, was a distinguished Australian bomb and mine specialist in the Second World War and a recipient of the George Cross, the highest gallantry award for acti ...
Ward (George Cross)
*
Leslie Starcevich Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Martin O'Meara
Martin O'Meara, Victoria Cross, VC (6 November 1885 – 20 December 1935) was an Irish-born List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that ca ...
Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Percival Gratwick Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Stan Gurney Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Thomas Axford Ward (Victoria Cross)
*
Mark Donaldson
Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson, (born 2 April 1979) is an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award in the Australian honours system. Then Trooper (rank), Trooper Donaldson was a member of the Speci ...
Ward (Victoria Cross)
The Hollywood Clinic has the following:
* Fenwick Day Unit - named after Ethel Gordon Fenwick
* THC Edis - named after Dot (Margaret Dorothy) Edis
* THC Ferguson - named after Jean Ferguson
* THC Nickoll - named after Molly (Emily Mary) Nickoll
See also
*
Repatriation General Hospital
References
External links
*
*Ann Whyntie
History 2001, Occupational Therapy Australia WA, retrieved 3 March 2009.
Opening of the Hollywood Private Hospital Extension 24 July 2002, Speech by The Hon Danna Vale MP, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, retrieved 3 March 2009.
A History of Caring ramsayhealth.com.au, retrieved 3 March 2009.
Hollywood Private Hospital School of Surgery,
University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...
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Hospitals in Perth, Western Australia
Hospitals established in 1942
Nedlands, Western Australia
1942 establishments in Australia