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.
Notable staff
Jessie Margaret Langham ARRA OBE was matron from 1947 to 1967.
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
Notes
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
