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Description

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About the Princess Alexandra Hospital Health Service District

The PAH is one of three tertiary level facilities in Queensland providing care in all major adult specialties with the exception of obstetrics

The PAH is one of Australias leading teaching and research hospitals

The PAH provides Acute Medical Surgical Mental Health Rehabilitation and Allied Health Services as well as statewide services Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service Queensland Amputee Limb Service Spinal Outreach Team and a Transitional Rehabilitation Program

The PAH is nationally recognised for its expertise in spinal injury management and is a major transplantation centre for livers kidneys bone cartilage and corneas

Ancillary services includes Pastoral Care Hospital Auxiliary and Volunteer Services

The District has responsibility for the management of the Queensland Liver Transplant Service Queensland Eye Bank and the Queensland Bone Bank

The PAH houses one of the major Queensland Health Pathology Services

The PAH has an aeromedical retrieval service transporting patients to hospital via helicopter or fixed wing aircraft a road accident response service and a major trauma retrieval service managed by the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit

The PAH plays a lead role in medical research undertaking research programs with affiliated universities

The PAH Foundation which is situated on campus is dedicated to fundraising to support PAH research activities

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History

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The Diamantina Health Care Museum Association
The Diamantina Health Care Museum Association of the Princess Alexandra Hospital is a nonprofit institution which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits material of significance in health and nursing care including development and support services

Members of the Association believe that people and practice are health cares history and they work towards the public celebration documentation and interpretation of the rich history of health care people and staff at Princess Alexandra Hospital and its predecessors on the site

Ultimately this will include the role of technological innovation in contributing to advances in care The Association will address contemporary issues as well as providing links to the wealth of past hospital practice and the energy and commitment of staff

A multistrand approach has been adopted by the Association with displays in cases throughout the Hospital and this site on the web

The Associations name acknowledges two broad histories Contessa Diamantina Roma Lady Bowen initiated several charitable organisations in Brisbane and the Princess Alexandra site has a long historical connection with health care The latter includes the establishment on 5 August 1901 of the Diamantina Hospital for chronic disease South Brisbane Auxiliary Hospital in 1943 the new South Brisbane Hospital in 1956 and its identity since 1960 as Princess Alexandra Hospital The title also acknowledges the Associations charter as an organisation concerned with broad health and nursing care issues There is a particular focus on the history of activity on this site including indigenous history and community relationships to that activity The Association will look at special developments initiated at the Hospital and their subsequent broader application including nonmedical solutions or other technical involvements which have made these developments possible

Contessa Diamantina Roma 183393 wife of Queenslands first Governor from 185967 Sir George Bowen was born at Zante in the Ionian Islands She was the first Greek resident in the new Queensland colony An attractive and popular figure she was an advocate for Greek culture and philosophy Information on the Contessa is taken from Dr Owen Harriss research which is to be published as a paper