Mater Children Hospital

Details

Name :

Mater Children Hospital

Address  :

Raymond Terrace

Town  :

South Brisbane

State  :

Queensland

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

4101

Phone  :

61 7 3163 8195

Web URL  :


Description

Mater Childrens Hospital
The new Mater Childrens Hospital became fully operational on 29 May 2001 celebrating over 70 years of care by the Sisters of Mercy in providing specialist paediatric healthcare services to Queensland children through Mater Childrens Hospitals

Mater Childrens Hospital is a major tertiary referral centre providing an intensive care unit theatres inpatient and outpatient services and a 24 hour emergency department

Each year more than 15 000 children are cared for as inpatients by Mater Childrens Hospitals More than 120 000 children are seen in the outpatient departments and more than 32 000 children receive care in the emergency department which is the busiest paediatric emergency department in Queensland You can also access the Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service through the hospital
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