Ballarat Base Hospital

Ballarat Base Hospital
Ballarat Health Services
Ballarat Hospital
Geography
Location	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Organisation
Care system	Public Medicare (Australia)
Type	Regional
Affiliated university	Deakin University
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	785
History
Opened	1855
Links
Website	www.bhs.org.au
Lists	Hospitals in Australia

The Ballarat Base Hospital is a hospital located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It is a public hospital operated by Ballarat Health Services. Ballarat Health Services employs approximately 4000 staff at the Base Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Centre 1 km to the south-west, and 13 off-site facilities in the surrounding area.

History

During the gold rush of the 1850s, the Government Camp provided medical support mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community. However, the wounded individuals at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying levels of attention, which highlighted the need for a dedicated hospital. As a result, the construction of a hospital began a year later.

In 1994, the five-story Henry Bolte wing, designed by architects Bates Smart, was completed.

Three years later, in 1997, the Ballarat Base Hospital merged with the Queen Elizabeth Centre and the Grampians Psychiatric Service to form Ballarat Health Services.

Specialties

• Cardiology
• Emergency medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious disease medicine
• Lower gastrointestinal surgery
• Nephrology
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Upper gastrointestinal surgery
• Vascular surgery
• Oncology
• Pediatrics
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

See also

• List of hospitals in Australia

Further reading

• Hyslop, Anthea, Sovereign Remedies: A History of Ballarat Base Hospital, 1850s-1980s, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1989
• Menadue, H. W., First Fifty Years: Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, 1929-1978, Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, Ballarat, 1978
• Menadue, H. W. (ed.), Register of the Nurse Training School 1888-1988, Ballarat Base Hospital, Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, Ballarat, 1993

External links

• Ballarat Health Services website