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Mater Health Services North Queensland Limited operate two fully accredited private hospitals, one established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1945 and the second purchased in 2007. The Hospital's Philosophy, Mission and Values are based on those of the Sisters of Mercy.
The Mater Hospital Pimlico is an acute Medical / Surgical facility with a present bed capacity of 165. The specialty areas include Cardiac Surgery, Coronary Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, Endoscopy / Interventional Radiology, Orthopaedics / Neurosurgical, Respiratory Laboratory, Urodynamics, Women's, Children's, Sleep Disorders and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Unit.
The Mater Women's and Children's Hospital Hyde Park was established in 1986 and is a Medical / Surgical facility with a present bed capacity of 58. Specialty areas include Obstetrics, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, Oncology, Urodynamics and Plastics.
Whilst the majority of the patients attending the Hospitals come from Townsville and surrounding districts, services are also regularly accessed by people from as far west as Mt Isa and beyond, North to Cairns and its surrounds and South to Mackay. The Hospitals have also treated occasional patients from the Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and the Pacific Islands.
The Organisation is dedicated to providing medical excellence and compassionate care, and as such facilitates several post-graduate tertiary education programmes (in conjunction with James Cook University) in areas such as Intensive Care, Cardiac Nursing, Midwifery and Peri-Operative Nursing. The Mater's customer-focused culture is reflected in its ongoing accreditation with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) since the mid 1980s. |
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