Monash Children's Hospital is a major children's hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
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| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°55′10″S 145°7′24″E / 37.91944°S 145.12333°E | ||||||||||
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| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) | ||||||||||
| Type | Specialist paediatric | ||||||||||
| Affiliated university | Monash University and Hudson Institute of Medical Research | ||||||||||
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| Beds | 230 | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | (ICAO: YXXM) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1896, 2017 present site | ||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia | ||||||||||
Monash Children's Hospital is part of Monash Health, Victoria's largest healthcare service and one of only four accredited Academic Health Science Centres in Australia.[1]
The hospital includes Victoria's largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provides a full range of specialist services including surgical care, oncology, and rehabilitation services.[2]
It is home to Victoria's only dedicated children's sleep science, is a state-wide referral service for thalassemia, and is a provider of fetal surgery services in partnership with Royal Women's Hospital and Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne.[3]
Its services are linked to an adult service, allowing the hospital to provide transition-of-care as children grow older and move to an adult service.[4]
New Monash Children's Hospital
editAfter providing services from within adult hospitals for many years, in 2017 the purpose-built Monash Children's Hospital was opened in Clayton, Victoria.[5]
Monash Children's Hospital is located alongside Monash Medical Centre, and includes the Monash Children's Hospital School.[6]
The New Monash Children's Hospital service profile includes:[2][7]
- 96 In-patient acute beds
- 10 Paediatric Intensive care beds
- 64 Monash Newborn cots
- 20 Early in Life Mental Health Service beds
- 8 Neuro Developmental Psychiatry beds
- 20 Same-day beds
- 12 Oncology same-day beds – 12
- 3 Operating theatres – plus a dedicated Endoscopy Suite
- Sleep and Neurodiagnostic studies beds
- Imaging Modalities – 3 modalities (MRI, Ultrasound and X-Ray)
- Outpatient consulting rooms and Allied Health Therapy spaces
- Dedicated Central Sterilising Services Department (CSSD)
- A Starlight Children's Foundation Room
- A Ronald McDonald House Chairities Family Room
- A Hoyts beanbag cinema for patients
- A Radio Lollipop studio
References
edit- ^ "Advanced Health Research and Translation Centres". National Health and Medical Research Council. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Monash Children's Hospital Fast Facts 15-16" (PDF). Monash Children's Hospital. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Monash Children's Hospital Fast Facts" (PDF). Monash Children's Hospital. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "About Monash Children's Hospital - Monash Children's Hospital". Monash Children's Hospital. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Monash Children's Hospital to open doors". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "The Monash Children's Hospital School has started operating". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "New Monash Children's Hospital ensures specialist care for more children". ESCO Industries. Retrieved 21 December 2017.