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John Hunter Hospital
The John Hunter Hospital and John Hunter Children's Hospital (sometimes known as the JHH and JHCH respectively), is a teaching hospital and children's hospital in Newcastle, and northern New South Wales, Australia. The 820 bed hospital is the main teaching hospital of the University of Newcastle. The hospital contains the only trauma centre in New South Wales outside the Sydney Metropolitan Area, and has the busiest emergency department in the state. John Hunter is the busiest trauma hospital in the country.[citation needed]
The John Hunter health complex consists of 820 beds in total, and is co-located next to the 174 bed Newcastle Private Hospital, as well as the regional Hunter Area Pathology Service which provides tertiary level pathology testing. The complex consists of a single building, which is divided into 694 adult beds and another 126 paediatric beds in the John Hunter Children's Hospital.
The hospital was constructed to replace the Royal Newcastle Hospital which was extensively damaged during the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Its completion was considered critical by the then-government and was constructed mainly by local construction firm D.F. McCloy both ahead of time and under budget. The building was officially opened by the Premier of New South Wales, Liberal Nick Greiner, on 25 May 1991.
The Royal Newcastle Centre, opened as an extension wing to the John Hunter Hospital in April 2006, providing 144 of these beds. Patients from the Hunter Region and beyond are referred to John Hunter for treatment in a range of specialities. The John Hunter Children's Hospital and Royal Newcastle Centre are located within the same building as the John Hunter Hospital. Also on the same hospital campus is the Rankin Park Hospital for rehabilitation, Newcastle Private Hospital and the Hunter Medical Research Institute.
In 2018, Liberal Minister of Health, Brad Hazzard, and Minister for the Hunter, Taylor Martin, announced construction of the 'John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct' project which rebuilds a new emergency, birthing, neonatal, and operating theatres as well as a new helipad at the hospital. Construction firm Multiplex won the tender to complete the build.
The JHH and JHCH are tertiary level hospitals, and provide the following specialties and subspecialties:
The John Hunter Hospital and John Hunter Children's Hospital consists of the following ~30 bed wards. Wards are designated by their horizontal position along the hospitals long corridor (by letter) and the number indicates which level of the hospital the ward is on (Levels 1–3). Hence ward E3 is positioned above E2 and next door to ward F3.
While a full page advertisement taken out by the John Hunter Hospital in the Newcastle Herald on 30 January 1991 references three notable John Hunters, the advertisement only explicitly references that the hospital was named after the former Governor, and although the advertisement states "Here's to the Governor who forged a nation, here's to the John Hunters who achieved so much in medical science, and here's to our John Hunter Hospital", the advertisement only explicitly references the former Governor of New South Wales as the namesake of the hospital, stating "...[S]everal dedicated and visionary people made enormous contributions toward building a nation that would one day stand as an example to the rest of the world. One such man was Governor John Hunter. Our Valley is named in his honour. So, too, is the State's newest and most modern hospital, the John Hunter Hospital at New Lambton Heights."
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John Hunter Hospital
The John Hunter Hospital and John Hunter Children's Hospital (sometimes known as the JHH and JHCH respectively), is a teaching hospital and children's hospital in Newcastle, and northern New South Wales, Australia. The 820 bed hospital is the main teaching hospital of the University of Newcastle. The hospital contains the only trauma centre in New South Wales outside the Sydney Metropolitan Area, and has the busiest emergency department in the state. John Hunter is the busiest trauma hospital in the country.[citation needed]
The John Hunter health complex consists of 820 beds in total, and is co-located next to the 174 bed Newcastle Private Hospital, as well as the regional Hunter Area Pathology Service which provides tertiary level pathology testing. The complex consists of a single building, which is divided into 694 adult beds and another 126 paediatric beds in the John Hunter Children's Hospital.
The hospital was constructed to replace the Royal Newcastle Hospital which was extensively damaged during the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Its completion was considered critical by the then-government and was constructed mainly by local construction firm D.F. McCloy both ahead of time and under budget. The building was officially opened by the Premier of New South Wales, Liberal Nick Greiner, on 25 May 1991.
The Royal Newcastle Centre, opened as an extension wing to the John Hunter Hospital in April 2006, providing 144 of these beds. Patients from the Hunter Region and beyond are referred to John Hunter for treatment in a range of specialities. The John Hunter Children's Hospital and Royal Newcastle Centre are located within the same building as the John Hunter Hospital. Also on the same hospital campus is the Rankin Park Hospital for rehabilitation, Newcastle Private Hospital and the Hunter Medical Research Institute.
In 2018, Liberal Minister of Health, Brad Hazzard, and Minister for the Hunter, Taylor Martin, announced construction of the 'John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct' project which rebuilds a new emergency, birthing, neonatal, and operating theatres as well as a new helipad at the hospital. Construction firm Multiplex won the tender to complete the build.
The JHH and JHCH are tertiary level hospitals, and provide the following specialties and subspecialties:
The John Hunter Hospital and John Hunter Children's Hospital consists of the following ~30 bed wards. Wards are designated by their horizontal position along the hospitals long corridor (by letter) and the number indicates which level of the hospital the ward is on (Levels 1–3). Hence ward E3 is positioned above E2 and next door to ward F3.
While a full page advertisement taken out by the John Hunter Hospital in the Newcastle Herald on 30 January 1991 references three notable John Hunters, the advertisement only explicitly references that the hospital was named after the former Governor, and although the advertisement states "Here's to the Governor who forged a nation, here's to the John Hunters who achieved so much in medical science, and here's to our John Hunter Hospital", the advertisement only explicitly references the former Governor of New South Wales as the namesake of the hospital, stating "...[S]everal dedicated and visionary people made enormous contributions toward building a nation that would one day stand as an example to the rest of the world. One such man was Governor John Hunter. Our Valley is named in his honour. So, too, is the State's newest and most modern hospital, the John Hunter Hospital at New Lambton Heights."