Hollywood Private Hospital
Encyclopedia
Hollywood Private Hospital is an acute-care private teaching hospital situated in the Perth
suburb of Nedlands
, in Western Australia
. The hospital has 474 beds for in-patients and day stays and provides care for private patients, including the privately insured, entitled veterans and the self-insured.
Wing and the Sylvia Perry Wing. All wards and units are named after West Australians who were awarded the Victoria Cross and George Cross
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Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
suburb of Nedlands
Nedlands, Western Australia
The City of Nedlands is a Local Government Area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about west of Perth's central business district...
, in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. The hospital has 474 beds for in-patients and day stays and provides care for private patients, including the privately insured, entitled veterans and the self-insured.
Services
Hollywood's services include surgery, medicine, psychiatric care, rehabilitation and palliative care. The hospital is accredited with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards.History
- 1942 - 110th Military Hospital
- 1947 - Repatriation General Hospital, Hollywood
- 1994 - Purchased by the Ramsay Health Care Group and commenced operations as the Hollywood Private Hospital on 24 February 1994
- 2002 - Opening of Sylvia Perry Wing containing the John CarrollJohn Carroll (VC)John Carroll VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
and Clifford Sadlier Wards
Building
The hospital contains two wings: the Vivian BullwinkelVivian Bullwinkel
Vivian Bullwinkel, Mrs. Statham, AO, MBE, ARRC, ED was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island on 16 February 1942.-Personal life:She was born as...
Wing and the Sylvia Perry Wing. All wards and units are named after West Australians who were awarded the Victoria Cross and George Cross
George Cross
The George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...
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- Alfred Gaby Ward (Victoria Cross)
- Charles PopeCharles PopeCharles Pope VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
Ward (Victoria Cross) - Clifford Sadlier Ward (Victoria Cross)
- Frederick Bell Ward (Victoria Cross)
- George GosseGeorge GosseGeorge Gosse GC, a mine clearance specialist in the R.A.N.V.R was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed between the 8 May and 19 May 1945 in Bremen Harbour in Germany...
Ward (George Cross) - Henry Murray Ward (Victoria Cross)
- Hugh EdwardsHughie EdwardsAir Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC, KCMG, CB, DSO, OBE, DFC was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force, Governor of Western Australia, and an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the...
Ward (Victoria Cross) - Hugo Throssell Ward (Victoria Cross)
- Jim GordonJames Heather GordonJames Hannah "Jim" Gordon VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
Ward (Victoria Cross) - James WoodsJames Park WoodsJames Park Woods VC, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
Ward (Victoria Cross) - John CarrollJohn Carroll (VC)John Carroll VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
Ward (Victoria Cross) - Lawrence McCarthy Ward (Victoria Cross)
- Leon GoldsworthyLeon GoldsworthyLeon Verdi Goldsworthy GC, DSC, GM was a distinguished Australian bomb and mine specialist in the Second World War, and a recipient of the George Cross, the highest gallantry award for actions which are "not in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to people of British or Commonwealth nations...
Ward (George Cross) - Leslie Starcevich Ward (Victoria Cross)
- Martin O'MearaMartin O'MearaMartin O'Meara VC was both an Irish recipient and an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early Life:O'Meara was born at Terryglass, Lorrha, County Tipperary...
Ward (Victoria Cross) - Percival GratwickPercival Eric GratwickPercival Eric Gratwick VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
Ward (Victoria Cross) - Stan Gurney Ward (Victoria Cross)
- Thomas AxfordThomas AxfordThomas Leslie "Jack" Axford VC, MM , was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early life:...
Ward (Victoria Cross)