Hollywood Private Hospital
Hollywood Private Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Nedlands, Western Australia. Hollywood is Western Australia's largest private hospital, with more than 900 licensed beds. The hospital is part of Ramsay Health Care 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 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, Percival Gratwick and George Gosse 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
Building
The hospital contains four wings: the Anne Leach Wing, Marjorie Brislee Wing, Vivian Bullwinkel Wing and the Sylvia Perry Wing.All wards and units are named after Western Australians who were awarded the Victoria Cross and George Cross:
- Charles Pope Ward
- Clifford Sadlier Ward
- Frederick Bell Unit
- George Gosse Ward
- Henry Murray Ward
- Hugh Edwards Ward
- Jim Gordon Ward
- James Woods Ward
- John Carroll Ward
- Lawrence McCarthy Ward
- Leon Goldsworthy Ward
- Leslie Starcevich Ward
- Martin O'Meara Ward
- Percival Gratwick Ward
- Stan Gurney Ward
- Thomas Axford Ward
- Mark Donaldson Ward
- Fenwick Day Unit - named after Ethel Gordon Fenwick
- THC Edis - named after Dot Edis
- THC Ferguson - named after Jean Ferguson
- THC Nickoll - named after Molly Nickoll