Jessie McPherson Private Hospital

Jessie McPherson Private Hospital is a private hospital co-located with Monash Medical Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton. It provides private health care to people in Melbourne, regional Victoria, interstate and overseas.

Jessie McPherson Private Hospital
Geography
LocationClayton, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
TypeSpecialist
Affiliated universityMonash University
Services
SpecialityMaternity
History
OpenedDecember 1930 (1930-12)[1][2]
Links
Websitejessiemcpherson.org
ListsHospitals in Australia

History

Jessie McPherson Private Hospital was first established in December 1930 in a central Melbourne church hall when a group of female doctors recognised the need for a new hospital to treat the city's ailing female population. The hospital became a reality when the then Premier of Victoria, Sir William McPherson donated £25,000 to build a hospital in memory of his mother, Mrs Jessie McPherson.[3] The hospital was built adjacent to the old Queen Victoria Hospital in William Street in Melbourne's CBD and was named Jessie McPherson Community Hospital.

Subsequently, the Queen Victoria Hospital management was ordered by the then government to transfer its control over Jessie McPherson Community Hospital, so that the Cancer Institute could set up a new treatment centre in that location.[4]

The hospital later moved to the intermediate section of the Queen Victoria Hospital in Lonsdale Street.[5]

In 1987, the hospital moved to its present home in Clayton and is co-located with Monash Health's Monash Medical Centre. The Queen Victoria Hospital moved at the same time, becoming part of the Monash Medical Centre.

Services

Jessie McPherson Private Hospital provides the following speciality services:

Cardiology services are offered in collaboration with MonashHeart formerly known as Department of Cardiology, Monash Medical Centre.

Notable births
  • Cate Blanchett, 14 May 1969[6][7]
  • Edward A G Richards, 23 June 1937
  • Christopher Webster, 12 May 2000

See also

References
  1. "A PAGE FOR WOMEN: Jessie Mcpherson Community Hospital: Opening Ceremony To-day". The Age (23, 913). Victoria, Australia. 1 December 1931. p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "THREE STOREYS: A Community Hospital Structural Addition". The Examiner (Tasmania). LXXXVIII (213). Tasmania, Australia. 5 September 1930. p. 4 (DAILY). Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "William Murray McPherson", Wikipedia, 20 December 2010
  4. "Hospital Controversy Now Goes to Cabinet", The Age, Wednesday, 16 May 1951
  5. "Another Hospital for Women", The Age, Saturday, 11 June 1955
  6. "Cate Blanchett - Biography", TalkTalk
  7. "Cate Blanchett", Flixster
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