Launceston General Hospital
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| Launceston General Hospital | |||||||||||
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| Location | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°26′47″S 147°08′30″E / 41.4464°S 147.1418°E | ||||||||||
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| Care system | DHHS | ||||||||||
| Type | Teaching, research | ||||||||||
| Affiliated university | University of Tasmania Faculty of Health Sciences | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||
| Beds | 308 (+ 41 day care) | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | ICAO: YXLU | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1863 | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official Website | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia | ||||||||||
The Launceston General Hospital (LGH) is one of the three main public hospitals in Tasmania, Australia. It is located in Launceston and serves the north of the state. Services provided include Cardiology, Renal, Gastroenterology, Haematology-Oncology, Rehabilitation, General Surgery, Ear/Nose/Throat surgery, Plastic surgery, Orthopaedics, Radiology, Paediatrics and an Intensive Care Unit, Psychiatry:Inpatient Mental Health Unit and Consultation-Liaison.[1]
It is a teaching hospital servicing the University of Tasmania.[2]
The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated throughout the empire in 1897. In Tasmania a public meeting was held to determine how the occasion might be marked. The second wife of the governor of Tasmania, Georgina Jane Connellan, Lady Gormanston suggested that a maternity hospital would be a great addition. At the time the only assistance to pregnant women came from untrained and unregulated midwives. It was agreed and a committee of women manage the new facility that opened on 195 St John Street in September 1897. The Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital moved in 1935 and it was not absorbed into the General Hospital until 1993 as the Queen Victoria Maternity Unit.[3]
Services
The statewide Cardiothoracic and major Paediatric surgery service is provided at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
The hospital supports medical research through the Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust.[4]
The Intensive care unit provides medical staff who work with Ambulance Tasmania and the Royal Flying Doctor Service to provide critical care aeromedical retrieval services throughout Tasmania.
Redevelopment
The Tasmanian Government has committed to a $580 million, 10-year redevelopment plan. As part of this initiative, $50 million was allocated in the 2022–2023 state budget to improve facilities and services.[5][6]
