John Flynn Private Hospital

Description

About John Flynn Private Hospital
John Flynn is a 317 bed acute care hospital located at Tugun which is on the southern end of Queenslands Gold Coast within 5 minutes from the Gold Coast Airport The hospital provides services to the population of the Gold Coast and the Tweed Coast extending into the NSW Northern Rivers area

John Flynn provides a wide range of health care services with a 24 hour emergency care centre Comprehensive Cardiac Services General amp Orthopaedic Surgery Oncology Medical Services Maternity amp Paediatrics Renal Dialysis Day Surgery and Rehabilitation services

John Flynn have a Tier One Contract with the Department of Veteran Affairs and also provide services to the Gold Coast amp Tweed Veteran community

The campus consists of the hospital building a sixstorey specialist medical centre East Coast Cancer Centre Radiotherapy building and also includes onsite services of radiology x ray pathology and pharmacy

Nestled in a hilltop position with sweeping ocean and rural views and attractive welldesigned wards John Flynn Hospital offers a peaceful environment conducive to good health and recovery

Mission amp Vision
The John Flynn Hospital is committed to providing a comprehensive range of health care services that result in consistently superior health outcomes for our patients We aim to provide individualised care and service that exceed our customers expectations

History

John Flynn Private Hospital History
John Flynn Private Hospital opened on 23rd November 1993 and was named in honour of a great Australian Reverend Dr John Flynn who through the innovative use of the technologies of his time brought a new era of holistic care to outback Australians particularly in Queensland

The Reverend Dr John Flynn or quotFlynn of the Inlandquot as he became known was a Doctor of Divinity who knew the bush His ideas lead to the formation of the Australian Inland Mission in which Flynn reflected his belief that spiritual and physical care was inseparable

The Reverend Dr John Flynn is probably best known as the founder of the worlds first flying medical service The Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service What is less well known is that Flynn established fifteen small bush hospitals which were scattered all over the outback But Flynn knew a truly effective outback medical service needed two things access and communications

The first official flight for the Flying Doctor Service left Cloncurry in northwest Queensland in March 1928 with a plane hired from a fledging company called Qantas In the first year it treated two hundred and fiftyfive patients suffering everything from typhoid fever to gunshot wounds

Communication however was limited to the telephone and telegraph access A solution came by way of Alf Traegers invention the pedalpowered wireless Through the pedal wireless and his popular magazine The Inlander Flynn had given the Bush a voice and a quotMantle of Safetyquot

The John Flynn Private Hospital Inland Drive Tugun was dedicated to the compassion and determination of Flynn of the Inland