FROM
PRIVATE HOUSE
TO HOSPITAL Mercy Hospital celebrates 75 years of serving and caring for the community. 2012 marks a very special milestone for Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley, a service of MercyCare. It’s celebrating a remarkable 75 year history, built on the courage and determination of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy. In 1935, with the support of the then Archbishop Dr R Prendiville, the Sisters of Mercy bought Killowen House, a regal private residence in Mount Lawley, originally owned and built by Mr RT Robinson. With commanding views of the Swan River and Darling Ranges, this was to be the site for St Anne’s Nursing Home, as the hospital was then known. The Sisters of Mercy, led by Mother Brigid McDonald were assigned the challenge of turning this home into a hospital. The original vision for the hospital was to provide general nursing services, but upon opening, it was announced that midwifery services would also be offered. Thus, St Anne’s became the first maternity hospital run by a religious order in Western Australia. With thousands of babies born at St Anne’s - now known as Mercy Hospital - over the past 75 years, countless Western Australian families have experienced the quality maternity services for which the hospital has become renowned. In this 75th year of service to the community, the staff at Mercy Hospital are looking forward to the challenges of the hospital’s next phase of development. Building on the achievements of the past and the present, staff are preparing to meet the demands of a growing and diverse Perth population. Mercy Hospital marked the occasion with a gala cocktail event on 13 November 2012, at the Golden Ballroom of Perth’s Pan Pacific Hotel. The pioneering Sisters of Mercy Hospital were humbly remembered for beginning a tradition of care that has been continued throughout the decades and which provides the foundation for Mercy Hospital to step proudly into a future of delivering wellbeing and justice for all.
Photo: Killowen House
FROM THEN
TO
NOW...
BABIES BORN
OPERATIONS
X-RAYS
1937/1938:
1937/1938:
1937/1938:
60
146
48
2011/2012:
2011/2012:
2011/2012:
1,384
9,432
20,386
CURRENT STATISTICS In the past year, Mercy Hospital has: — admitted 17,755 patients — performed 9,432 surgical procedures — performed 7,550 endoscopy procedures — cared for patients over 51,265 patient days — delivered 1,384 babies
With special thanks to our Corporate Partners and Sponsors.
To find out more about Mercy Hospital’s Specialists, go to www.mercycare.com.au/fms
Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley, Thirlmere Road, Mount Lawley WA 6050. p: 08 9370 9222 e: hospital@mercycare.com.au w: www.mercycare.com.au Mercy Hospital is a MercyCare service. medicalforum
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