St Vincent'S Hospital, Sydney
About St Vincent'S Hospital, Sydney
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney is a leading teaching and research hospital that provides patient centred care to people from all walks of life.
St Vincent'S Hospital, Sydney Description
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney is located in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. Though funded and integrated into the New South Wales state public health system it is operated by St Vincent's Health Australia. It is affiliated with the University of New South Wales Medical School. HistorySt Vincent’s Hospital was established in 1857 by five Irish Sisters of Charity, who had migrated to Sydney in 1838 with a mission to help the poor and disadvantaged. Some of their early work included helping victims of the 1853 influenza outbreak, and families of prisoners in the nearby Darlinghurst Gaol. Three of the hospital’s founding sisters had trained as professional nurses in France, and they brought their knowledge to the colony, establishing a hospital that was free to all people, but especially for the poor, on a non-sectarian basis. The hospital was founded in the neighbouring suburb of Potts Point, on a site which is now St Vincent’s College. As demand grew a new hospital with 150 beds was built on its present site in Victoria Street, Darlinghurst in 1870. The architect was Oswald Lewis. The building was remodelled and enlarged after World War I and is now known as the De Lacy building after one of the founding sisters.
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What a great start to St Vincent's Campus Research Week! If you missed out today, don't worry. We've got a jam-packed week full of events, so if science is your thing, join us! See https://www.svrc.one/research-week St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney
Meet two members of the St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research team: Mitchell Starr, Project Officer HIV Point of Care Testing and Gayathri Sundaram, Post-Doctoral Research MS Scientist; they work to support babies that are born to HIV-positive mothers across the Asia-Pacific region, especially in remote and resource limited communities.
And to learn more about the amazing research we're undertaking here at St Vincent's, join us for Research Week! For details, see https://www.svrc.one/research-week
Today we opened our new Haematology & Bone Marrow Transplant ward and we couldn't be happier! The new 20 bed unit provides each patient with private, negative air pressure rooms - minimising infection risk and providing patients and their loved ones with much needed privacy at a vulnerable time in their lives.
Thank you to St Vincent's Curran Foundation and all of our generous donors who made this a reality. We're so thrilled!
St Vincent's is very proud to now be offering Telehealth services to our patients.
This is particularly exciting news for our patients from rural and remote locations or those interstate. It will save patients' time, associated travel costs and separation from support networks.
Take a look at our weblink below and if you have any questions, get in touch, or ask your clinical team.
St Vincent's Campus Research Week is coming up next month! Take a look online at our program and join us in celebration of the remarkable depth and breadth of research undertaken across our Darlinghurst Campus and our sister research entities. Garvan Institute of Medical Research The Victor Chang Institute
Introducing our August intake of Registered Nurses from our Transition Program! They are super excited to be starting their career here at St Vincent’s and we are delighted to have them join our family!
St Vincent's Cardiologist, Prof Peter Macdonald travels to rural Condobolin every 6 weeks to run an Aboriginal Medical Service Coronary Clinic, and it's just one of the reasons we love him. #closethegap
St Vincent's is proud to participate in the Share the Dignity drive, collecting donations of sanitary pads, tampons, menstrual cups, incontinence pads & specialist sanitary underwear for women in our community who are unable to meet the financial burden of their menstrual cycle.
We have bright pink drop-off boxes located around the hospital and are taking donations until the end of August. If you're coming in and see a pink box, feel free to help us provide some dignity to those in need. Or see https://www.sharethedignity.com.au/ for more info on how to help this wonderful cause.
The Ice Street Project is an annual photography program for residents of Tierney House, our homeless health residential units.
The project is geared towards emotional healing for some of our most marginalised members of community, giving them a voice through photography, creativity & learning new skills.
These lovely images are just a small sample of the many on display now at St Vincent’s level 4 corridor art space.
... Come vote for your fave. The 12 most voted images will feature in the 2019 Ice Street Project calendar for sale later in the year. Proceeds of which keep the project running. 📷
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Caritas is our acute in-patient mental health unit here at St Vincent's. Often our patients come in with very little, and no support people in their lives.
Being able to offer new, clean underwear and warm socks contributes to their dignity during their stay with us. But we're running very low in stocks and we would very much appreciate donations of new socks and underwear for both men and women, of all sizes.
Socks with non-slip “tread” would be amazing, but all donations a...re so welcome.
If you can help, donations can be left at the O’Brien Centre Reception, next to St Vincent's Hospital on the corner of Victoria and Burton Streets (the building with the big yellow flower out front).
Thank you so much. 🙏
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"Donate hope. Donate love. Donate Life"
Sunday 29 July - Sunday 5 August 2018 is #DonateLife Week.
Right now there are 1,400 Australians waiting for a life-saving transplant. This DonateLife Week, we urge you to talk to your family about your views and if you’re willing to be a donor, please register online at donatelife.gov.au #endthewait
Today we farewell our dear friend and colleague, Jono.
Jono has manned the front desk at St Vincent's since 1988. He's greeted countless nervous patients, given directions to everyone (including staff), and provided invaluable information to all who walk through our doors.
"I will miss this place like crazy" Jono says. And we'll miss him too.
... Happy retirement Jono. Thank you for being the face of St Vincent's for the past 30 years. What a great face it is.
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Are you or someone you love struggling with Ice?
We're looking for current users over the age of 18 to be involved in a clinical trial with an aim to finding a safe, effective treatment option for dependent users.
It's confidential and judgement free. Please click on the link for details and to get in touch.
... https://www.svhs.org.au/…/the-lima-stud y-for-the-treatment-…
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In this Studio 10 special report, media personality Jono Coleman talks frankly about being diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, and the treatment he's been receiving here at St Vincent's Kinghorn Cancer Centre.
We've concluded #NAIDOC Week Celebrations on the St Vincent's Campus for another year, and what a great week it has been.
With very special guest, The Hon. Linda Burney MP, the legendary Uncle Max and local Elder, Aunty Selena joining us for a wonderful celebration of this year's theme #BecauseOfHerWeCan
Also this week we held a special flag raising ceremony, NAIDOC themed Mass, launched our new Aboriginal Health library collection, had a good old fashioned BBQ and hosted M...edial Q&A showcasing the Aboriginal patient journey with lung transplant recipient, Di.
Celebrating Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture is an important part of St Vincent's life and we're so proud to host such inspiring speakers and guests to join us on this very special week.
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The TODAY Show went behind the scenes in our Intensive Care Unit recently. This clip gives a great insight into the daily life of our dedicated ICU specialist staff and what its like to work in a highly acute care area of the hospital.
Will you join us this #DryJuly? The money we raise will go toward our Kinghorn Cancer Wellness Centre programs including yoga, art therapy, meditation & mindfulness as well as acupuncture , massage, exercise physiologists and more.
To join our team or simply donate, please see www.dryjuly.com/beneficiaries/stvincentsh ospitalsydney
Thank you!
Did you know St Vincent’s Hospital is a non-profit public hospital? This means we rely on our community of supporters to help us buy the latest equipment, run health programs and build new wards.
If you'd like to donate before 30 June and help our clinicians continue to deliver the best possible care to all our patients, we'd be so grateful. Thank you!
https://www.supportstvincents.com.au/
Our colleagues at St Vincent's Care Services are leaders in the provision of aged care, retirement and in-home services in NSW, QLD and Victoria.
If you or someone you love is looking for some aged-care support that suits your lifestyle, take a look at this video which shows in detail what the facilities and services are like, and for more info see https://www.svcs.org.au/
I was there with my friend who was taken to ER with a breathing difficulty.
The nurses were all very fake with their smiles and condescending comments.
My friend had an x ray and blood tests done within an hour of arriving but had to wait more than 3 hours for s CT scan! And that happened after we saw another girl who came in way after us and she had her x ray before our CT scan! We complained and was told that it's the middle of the night and there's only one guy in x ray doing the entire hospital.
Sure but I took a photo of how un-busy the ER was: staff had to time to joke, chat, and most of all, eat! Every 10 minutes there's always someone eating!
Stupid senior doctor said "I'll go find out what's taking so long for the CT scan" and never came back!
One nurse said "you should go home. Your friend will be here till morning" and less than 30 seconds later, the doctor said "shouldn't be long".
Should see the attitude change after we told the doctor we didn't want to take his advice and wait there for at least another 3 hours until he could ring our doctor in another hospital in the morning. No more smiles.
Poor communication, pathetic follow up (basically none) and un-professional service attitude!
This used to be such a respected hospital! Not any more!