Hollywood Hospital

Statement of Significance

The Hollywood Private Hospital has historic, social and. scientific cultural heritage value. For over 50 years it has provided a vital medical service to first veterans and then non-veteran patients. A study of the history of development in the hospital shows a growth of services and the massive changes that have occurred in medical practices since World War II.

Physical Description

Hollywood Repatriation Hospital is now Hollywood Private Hospital. It is a two storey brick and tile building facing onto Monash A venue. It is a simple building with an entrance portico projecting from the main entrance. It has vertical timber sliding sash windows closely spaced with one and a half narrow split brick piers. Behind this building is a block of the original hospital building erected in 1942. Many other buildings were built at a later date.

History

Hollywood Hospital was built during World War II and opened in 1942 under the name 110 Military Hospital. In 194 7 control of the hospital passed to the Repatriation Commission to provide acute care for veterans and war widows. At this time it was renamed the Repatriation General Hospital Hollywood (affectionately known as 'Repat'). The hospital continued to fill this repatriation role but in the 1970s changes began to occur. In 1970 a Respiratory Function Unit was established and throughout the rest of the 1970s, after affiliation with the University of W A, many other developmen1ts were made. Outpatients, orthopaedic, pathology, radiology and occupational therapy services were all introduced. The establishment of these specialist services along with its new teaching role and shared facilities with nearby QEII Medical Centre necessitated the intake of non-veteran patients. In 1979 RepatriatioD! General Hospital Hollywood was the first hospital in W A to receive accreditation by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS). It has held this accreditation continuously and in 1989 became only the third hospital in Australia to receive the ACHS five year accreditation for its standard of excellence. Throughout the 1980s new departments continued to open up to improve care. These included palliative and coronary care units as well as new operating suites and. surgical and intensive care wards. Further changes occurred with the transfer of the hospital to the private sector in 1993. The hospital began operating under the name Hollywood Private Hospital on 24 February 1994.

Integrity/Authenticity

Many changes in progress (1998)

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