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Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a teaching hospital with tertiary affiliations to the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and Western Sydney University providing a wide range of general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services to the Canterbury-Bankstown community. It is part of South Western Sydney Local Health District.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital was built next to the former Bankstown Hospital which opened in 1957, This was later demolished. It became part of the South Western Sydney Local Health District in January 2011 following National Health Reform replacing the former Sydney South West Area Health Service.
In 1885, the Government of New South Wales planned to open a youth detention centre for boys on land in Rookwood. In 1892, it was instead opened as Rookwood Asylum for the Aged and Infirm, housing elderly and impoverished men. Initially, these men applied to live at the asylum, where they were given cheap meals and board, and contributed to its upkeep. By 1913, the asylum changed its status from a public charity to a public health institution, reflecting that almost half of its inhabitants were admitted on medical grounds. In 1927, the site was renamed Lidcombe State Hospital and Home; it ceased accepting new asylum inmates in the 1930s.
In the 1950s and '60s, the hospital underwent a series of small renovations, adding new recreation, cooking and dining facilities, and a church. In 1966, it began admitting women and was renamed Lidcombe Hospital. The site opened a community day hospital in 1967, before quickly expanding and becoming a teaching hospital for the University of Sydney. Specialising in advanced geriatric nursing training, it continued to increase its training and research facilities throughout the 1970s and '80s.
Plans for a district hospital in Bankstown had been considered as early as 1914, though the breakout of World War I and the effects of the Great Depression in Australia delayed construction considerably. The Bankstown District Hospital Movement began fundraising again in 1936, initially raising £13,000 to purchase land. In 1938, the Governor of New South Wales approved the hospital's development and a hospital board was elected. Development was again interrupted—this time by World War II—but the hospital board and the Bankstown and Canterbury Labor Party campaigned for a separate local outpatient clinic while the development of the district hospital was still ongoing. In May 1944, the Bankstown Outpatients Department opened with a limited service, provided by one or two nurses, with occasional support from a visiting doctor.
Following several land purchases and false starts, the Bankstown District Hospital first opened on 7 September 1957 on an eight-acre site known as Gloriana Estate. The outpatients clinic moved to this site in 1960. By 1963, the hospital added an emergency department. In May 1966, the hospital was renamed Bankstown Hospital, and a new two-storey building was developed, as well as new operating theatres. That same year, the Bankstown Hospital became a teaching hospital for the University of New South Wales. In 1976, the hospital opened a new administration building and the Banks House Psychiatric Unit. In 1980, the hospital also opened an intensive care unit, a cardiac care unit, and a chapel.
From 5 March 1992, Bankstown Hospital and Lidcombe Hospital were merged, gradually transferring the latter's services to the Bankstown site. The new Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital reopened on 26 October 1996 with 454 beds.
In July 2016, Liberal Party minister Jillian Skinner tasked the Ministry of Health to open an investigation into the hospital after a newborn baby boy died and a baby girl suffered brain damage after they were both exposed to nitrous oxide gas that had mistakenly been piped through an oxygen outlet. It was found that a neonatal resuscitation outlet in one operating room had been installed incorrectly. Labor Party health spokesman Walt Secord insisted on Skinner authorising an independent investigation, while fellow legislator Luke Foley called for her resignation as Health Minister after it was revealed that Skinner attended the Helpmann Awards ceremonies soon after news reports about the baby boy's death in the hospital became known.
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Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a teaching hospital with tertiary affiliations to the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and Western Sydney University providing a wide range of general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services to the Canterbury-Bankstown community. It is part of South Western Sydney Local Health District.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital was built next to the former Bankstown Hospital which opened in 1957, This was later demolished. It became part of the South Western Sydney Local Health District in January 2011 following National Health Reform replacing the former Sydney South West Area Health Service.
In 1885, the Government of New South Wales planned to open a youth detention centre for boys on land in Rookwood. In 1892, it was instead opened as Rookwood Asylum for the Aged and Infirm, housing elderly and impoverished men. Initially, these men applied to live at the asylum, where they were given cheap meals and board, and contributed to its upkeep. By 1913, the asylum changed its status from a public charity to a public health institution, reflecting that almost half of its inhabitants were admitted on medical grounds. In 1927, the site was renamed Lidcombe State Hospital and Home; it ceased accepting new asylum inmates in the 1930s.
In the 1950s and '60s, the hospital underwent a series of small renovations, adding new recreation, cooking and dining facilities, and a church. In 1966, it began admitting women and was renamed Lidcombe Hospital. The site opened a community day hospital in 1967, before quickly expanding and becoming a teaching hospital for the University of Sydney. Specialising in advanced geriatric nursing training, it continued to increase its training and research facilities throughout the 1970s and '80s.
Plans for a district hospital in Bankstown had been considered as early as 1914, though the breakout of World War I and the effects of the Great Depression in Australia delayed construction considerably. The Bankstown District Hospital Movement began fundraising again in 1936, initially raising £13,000 to purchase land. In 1938, the Governor of New South Wales approved the hospital's development and a hospital board was elected. Development was again interrupted—this time by World War II—but the hospital board and the Bankstown and Canterbury Labor Party campaigned for a separate local outpatient clinic while the development of the district hospital was still ongoing. In May 1944, the Bankstown Outpatients Department opened with a limited service, provided by one or two nurses, with occasional support from a visiting doctor.
Following several land purchases and false starts, the Bankstown District Hospital first opened on 7 September 1957 on an eight-acre site known as Gloriana Estate. The outpatients clinic moved to this site in 1960. By 1963, the hospital added an emergency department. In May 1966, the hospital was renamed Bankstown Hospital, and a new two-storey building was developed, as well as new operating theatres. That same year, the Bankstown Hospital became a teaching hospital for the University of New South Wales. In 1976, the hospital opened a new administration building and the Banks House Psychiatric Unit. In 1980, the hospital also opened an intensive care unit, a cardiac care unit, and a chapel.
From 5 March 1992, Bankstown Hospital and Lidcombe Hospital were merged, gradually transferring the latter's services to the Bankstown site. The new Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital reopened on 26 October 1996 with 454 beds.
In July 2016, Liberal Party minister Jillian Skinner tasked the Ministry of Health to open an investigation into the hospital after a newborn baby boy died and a baby girl suffered brain damage after they were both exposed to nitrous oxide gas that had mistakenly been piped through an oxygen outlet. It was found that a neonatal resuscitation outlet in one operating room had been installed incorrectly. Labor Party health spokesman Walt Secord insisted on Skinner authorising an independent investigation, while fellow legislator Luke Foley called for her resignation as Health Minister after it was revealed that Skinner attended the Helpmann Awards ceremonies soon after news reports about the baby boy's death in the hospital became known.
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