St John Of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital
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. 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.
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 – McPhee was reportedly able to walk again.
St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital is a division of St John of God Health Care.
Facilities
The hospital has 60 beds, hydrotherapy pool, cardiac, physiotherapy and occupational therapy gyms, a chapel and a pet visiting room.
The facility underwent a $723,000 façade upgrade in 2010, including redevelopment of the cardiac/pulmonary gym.
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.
In conjunction with other local businesses, St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital funds a full-time youth worker to help combat youth homelessness, crime and alcohol and drug-related abuse among troubled youth in the region.
References
- ^ "About". www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "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 15 June 2017.
- ^ Health Data Standards and Systems (2004-02-04), “Bulletin, Issue 64”, pp. 3. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ Anne Barrowclough (2009-06-05), “Paralysed stroke victim ‘cured’ with Botox”, The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ "Facilities". www.sjog.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital, “Facilities”. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ St John of God Health Care (2011-01-05), “New look Cardiac/Pulmonary gym unveiled”. Press release. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ St John of God Health Care (2010-10-07), “Reaching out to youth at risk”. Press release. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ St John of God Health Care (2010-10-07), “Reaching out to youth at risk”. Press release. Retrieved 2011-03-08.