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