St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital

St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital is a 69-bed hospital providing specialist inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation care.[1]

Located in Frankston, Victoria, the facility is a specialist rehabilitation hospital, providing neurological, orthopedic, cardiac and reconditioning programs.

The hospital was built in 1976 and opened the following year as Peninsula Private Hospital. It then relocated to a new site in 1999 and shortly after became the Nepean Rehabilitation Hospital[2]. The facility was acquired by St John of God Health Care in March 2004 and renamed St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital in 2012.[3]

The hospital made global news in 2009 for its work with Russell McPhee, a man who had been paralysed for 20 years. After undertaking a course of botulinum toxin injections – or botox - Mr McPhee was reportedly able to walk again.[4]

St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care, a leading Catholic not-for-profit health care group, serving communities with hospitals, home nursing, and social outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific region.[5]

Facilities

The hospital has 69 beds, hydrotherapy pool, cardiac, physiotherapy and occupational therapy gyms, a chapel and a pet visiting room.[6]

The facility underwent a $723,000 façade upgrade in 2010, including redevelopment of the Cardiac/Pulmonary Gym.[7]

Services

Rehabilitation services offered by the hospital include:

  • Stroke
  • Neurological
  • Orthopaedic
  • Spinal injury
  • Cardiac
  • Pain management
  • Reconditioning
  • Pulmonary
  • Oncology

Social outreach

In 2010, the hospital partnered with Open Family Australia to introduce a new drug and alcohol educational program for homeless youths in Frankston.[8]

In conjunction with other local businesses, St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital is funds a full-time youth worker to help combat youth homelessness, crime and alcohol and drug-related abuse among troubled youth in the region.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About". www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  2. ↑ "St John of God Nepean Rehabilitation Hospital - HOSPITALS, Melbourne - St John Of God Nepean Rehabilitation Hospital in Melbourne - (PHONE: 0397883...) - AU101788762 - Local Infobel.AU". local.infobel.com.au. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  3. ↑ Health Data Standards and Systems (2004-02-04), “Bulletin, Issue 64”, pp. 3. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  4. ↑ Anne Barrowclough (2009-06-05), “Paralysed stroke victim ‘cured’ with Botox”, The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Facilities". www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  6. ↑ St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital, “Facilities”. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  7. ↑ St John of God Health Care (2011-01-05), “New look Cardiac/Pulmonary gym unveiled”. Press release. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  8. ↑ St John of God Health Care (2010-10-07), “Reaching out to youth at risk”. Press release. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  9. ↑ St John of God Health Care (2010-10-07), “Reaching out to youth at risk”. Press release. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

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