Perth Children's Hospital: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
→Transport: Update ref. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
→Controversy: +quote Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
||
| (36 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Hospital in Perth, Western Australia}} |
|||
{{For|the old Perth Children's Hospital|Princess Margaret Hospital for Children}} |
{{For|the old Perth Children's Hospital|Princess Margaret Hospital for Children}} |
||
| Line 12: | Line 13: | ||
| alt = |
| alt = |
||
| caption = |
| caption = |
||
| coordinates = {{coord|- |
| coordinates = {{coord |region:AU-WA_type:landmark_dim:500 |name={{wikidata |property |P1448 }} |display=inline,title |format=dms}} |
||
| |
| location = [[Nedlands, Western Australia|Nedlands]] |
||
| region = [[City of Perth]] |
|||
| state = Western Australia |
| state = Western Australia |
||
| country = Australia |
| country = Australia |
||
| Line 24: | Line 26: | ||
| beds = 298 |
| beds = 298 |
||
| speciality = [[Pediatric hospital]] |
| speciality = [[Pediatric hospital]] |
||
| founded = {{Start date|2018|05|12|df=yes}} |
| founded = {{Start date and age|2018|05|12|df=yes}} |
||
| website = {{URL |
| website = {{Official URL}} |
||
| module = |
| module = |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Perth Children's Hospital''' (PCH) is a specialist [[children's hospital]] in [[Nedlands, Western Australia]], located at the corner of [[Winthrop Avenue]] and Monash Avenue on the [[Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre]] (QEII) site. It is Western |
'''Perth Children's Hospital''' (PCH) is a specialist [[children's hospital]] in [[Nedlands, Western Australia]], located at the corner of [[Winthrop Avenue]] and Monash Avenue on the [[Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre]] (QEII) site. It is Western Australia's specialist [[Pediatrics|paediatric]] hospital and trauma centre, providing medical care to children and adolescents up to 16 years of age. |
||
This hospital provides treatment for the most serious medical cases, as well as secondary services including inpatient, outpatient and day-stay care for children and young people. |
This hospital provides treatment for the most serious medical cases, as well as secondary services including inpatient, outpatient and day-stay care for children and young people. |
||
| Line 36: | Line 38: | ||
In 2008, the state government announced that a new children's hospital would be built to replace [[Princess Margaret Hospital for Children]].<ref name="DOH NCHP">{{cite web |title=New Children's Hospital Project |url = http://www.newchildrenshospitalproject.health.wa.gov.au/Home.aspx |publisher=Department of Health, Government of Western Australia |access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref> In January 2012, Premier [[Colin Barnett]] and Minister for Health [[Kim Hames]] held a [[groundbreaking]] ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction.<ref name="DOH NCHP" /> |
In 2008, the state government announced that a new children's hospital would be built to replace [[Princess Margaret Hospital for Children]].<ref name="DOH NCHP">{{cite web |title=New Children's Hospital Project |url = http://www.newchildrenshospitalproject.health.wa.gov.au/Home.aspx |publisher=Department of Health, Government of Western Australia |access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref> In January 2012, Premier [[Colin Barnett]] and Minister for Health [[Kim Hames]] held a [[groundbreaking]] ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction.<ref name="DOH NCHP" /> |
||
On |
On 30 September 2013, Premier Colin Barnett announced that the new 298-bed hospital would use the original 1909 name, Perth Children's Hospital.<ref>{{cite news|last=Orr|first=Aleisha|title=Perth Children's Hospital will need 'two extra floors'|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/perth-childrens-hospital-will-need-two-extra-floors-20130930-2unq7.html|access-date=30 September 2013|newspaper=WA Today|date=30 September 2013}}</ref> This name was chosen as part of efforts to promote "Perth as a major centre for medical health and medical research".<ref>{{cite news|title=AMA criticises decision not to add extra floor to new children's hospital|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-30/extra-beds-added-to-new-children27s-hospital/4989012|access-date=30 September 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=30 September 2013}}</ref> |
||
After structural and medical problems with the building delayed the hospital's opening multiple times, the hospital officially opened on |
After structural and medical problems with the building delayed the hospital's opening multiple times, the hospital officially opened on 12 May 2018{{em dash}}although some departments started operating earlier than that. [[Outpatient clinic (hospital department)|Outpatients]] began to be accepted on 14 May 2018. Surgery opened on 28 May 2018, followed by the emergency department on 10 June 2018 coinciding with the closure of Princess Margaret Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/hundreds-gather-for-perth-children-s-hospital-opening-20180512-p4zewi.html|title=Hundreds gather for Perth Children's Hospital opening|last=Young|first=Emma|date=12 May 2018|website=WAtoday|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514042832/https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/hundreds-gather-for-perth-children-s-hospital-opening-20180512-p4zewi.html|archive-date=14 May 2018|url-status=live|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-10/princess-margaret-hospital-perth-childrens-hospital-transfer/9854980|title=Princess Margaret Hospital shuts doors as sick kids move to Perth Children's Hospital|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|first=Garrett|last=Mundy|date=10 June 2018|access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref> |
||
== Transport == |
== Transport == |
||
PCH is {{convert|6|km}} from the Perth city centre, |
PCH is {{convert|6|km}} from the Perth city centre, adjacent to Winthrop Avenue and opposite the western boundary of [[Kings Park, Western Australia|Kings Park]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://pch.health.wa.gov.au/For-patients-and-visitors/Travelling-to-PCH |title=Travelling to PCH |website=pch.health.wa.gov.au |access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> Drop off and pick up bays are available outside the main entrance and the emergency department.<ref name=":0" /> Paid parking may be available in the basement carpark at PCH (accessible from the southern end of Hospital Avenue), and in the QEII multi-deck carpark (accessible from Winthrop Avenue).<ref name=":0" /> The nearest public transport stops are along Hospital Avenue and Monash Avenue, operated by [[Transperth]].<ref name=":0" /> |
||
A pedestrian bridge, dual-named as [[The Kids' Bridge]] and Koolangka Bridge, was built in 2021, linking PCH with [[Kings Park, Western Australia|Kings Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pch.health.wa.gov.au/About-us/News/Kids-Bridge-is-now-open|title=The Kids Bridge is now open!|publisher=Perth Children's Hospital|date=2021-08-04|access-date=2021-08-04}}</ref> |
|||
== Controversy == |
|||
In April 2021, seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died, reportedly within 15 minutes of "a doctor finally" seeing her,<ref name="fesi21">{{cite news |title=Perth hospital to review if cultural bias played a role in death of seven-year-old Aiswarya Aswath |first1=Aaron |last1=Fernandes |first2=Deeju |last2=Sivadas |date=2021-04-10 |work=SBS News |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/perth-hospital-to-review-if-cultural-bias-played-a-role-in-death-of-seven-year-old-aiswarya-aswath |access-date=2021-04-10 |quote=When a doctor finally saw Aiswarya, she reportedly died within 15 minutes. }}</ref> at Perth Children's Hospital after waiting about two hours in the emergency department before doctors attended to her, despite her parents asking for help "four or five times".<ref name="nn21">{{cite news |title=Perth Children's Hospital nurses sounded alarm over staffing, safety weeks before girl's tragic death |date=2021-04-06 |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/perth-childrens-hospital-pch-crisis-revealed-by-young-girls-death/821432f1-aee9-412e-aac6-193f959e4a58 |work=Nine News |access-date=2021-04-07 |quote="I actually went to the reception four or five times and I asked them to look at her," mother Prasitha Sasidharan said. "I was begging." }}</ref><ref name="png21">{{cite news |title=Perth Children's Hospital death of seven-year-old girl Aishwarya Aswath prompts urgent review |first=Kenith |last=Png |date=2021-04-06 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-06/perth-childrens-hospital-death-of-seven-year-old-girl-reviewed/100050248 |access-date=2021-04-07 }}</ref> A month prior, emergency nurses at the hospital had formally warned of staffing levels and safety, pointing out "several incidents resulting in significant harm to patients".<ref name="nn21" /><ref name="gra21">{{cite news |title=Perth Children's hospital: Nurse's damning letter before girl's death |first=Ben |last=Graham |date=2021-04-07 |work=news.com.au |publisher=Nationwide News |url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/kids/perth-childrens-hospital-nurses-damning-letter-before-girls-death/news-story/6cb08cb22002c9572a26539f3e5568ff |access-date=2021-04-07 }}</ref> |
|||
==See also== |
==See also== |
||
| Line 52: | Line 59: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
*{{official website}} |
|||
*[https://pch.health.wa.gov.au/ Official website] |
|||
*{{commons category-inline}} |
|||
{{-}} |
{{-}} |
||
Latest revision as of 20:38, 17 June 2022
| Perth Children's Hospital | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Nedlands, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°58′11″S 115°49′00″E / 31.969619°S 115.816645°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Specialist tertiary |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 298 |
| History | |
| Opened | 12 May 2018 |
| Links | |
| Website | pch |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) is a specialist children's hospital in Nedlands, Western Australia, located at the corner of Winthrop Avenue and Monash Avenue on the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (QEII) site. It is Western Australia's specialist paediatric hospital and trauma centre, providing medical care to children and adolescents up to 16 years of age.
This hospital provides treatment for the most serious medical cases, as well as secondary services including inpatient, outpatient and day-stay care for children and young people.
History
[edit]In 2008, the state government announced that a new children's hospital would be built to replace Princess Margaret Hospital for Children.[1] In January 2012, Premier Colin Barnett and Minister for Health Kim Hames held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction.[1]
On 30 September 2013, Premier Colin Barnett announced that the new 298-bed hospital would use the original 1909 name, Perth Children's Hospital.[2] This name was chosen as part of efforts to promote "Perth as a major centre for medical health and medical research".[3]
After structural and medical problems with the building delayed the hospital's opening multiple times, the hospital officially opened on 12 May 2018—although some departments started operating earlier than that. Outpatients began to be accepted on 14 May 2018. Surgery opened on 28 May 2018, followed by the emergency department on 10 June 2018 coinciding with the closure of Princess Margaret Hospital.[4][5]
Transport
[edit]PCH is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Perth city centre, adjacent to Winthrop Avenue and opposite the western boundary of Kings Park.[6] Drop off and pick up bays are available outside the main entrance and the emergency department.[6] Paid parking may be available in the basement carpark at PCH (accessible from the southern end of Hospital Avenue), and in the QEII multi-deck carpark (accessible from Winthrop Avenue).[6] The nearest public transport stops are along Hospital Avenue and Monash Avenue, operated by Transperth.[6]
A pedestrian bridge, dual-named as The Kids' Bridge and Koolangka Bridge, was built in 2021, linking PCH with Kings Park.[7]
Controversy
[edit]In April 2021, seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died, reportedly within 15 minutes of "a doctor finally" seeing her,[8] at Perth Children's Hospital after waiting about two hours in the emergency department before doctors attended to her, despite her parents asking for help "four or five times".[9][10] A month prior, emergency nurses at the hospital had formally warned of staffing levels and safety, pointing out "several incidents resulting in significant harm to patients".[9][11]
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "New Children's Hospital Project". Department of Health, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ Orr, Aleisha (30 September 2013). "Perth Children's Hospital will need 'two extra floors'". WA Today. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "AMA criticises decision not to add extra floor to new children's hospital". ABC News. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Young, Emma (12 May 2018). "Hundreds gather for Perth Children's Hospital opening". WAtoday. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Mundy, Garrett (10 June 2018). "Princess Margaret Hospital shuts doors as sick kids move to Perth Children's Hospital". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Travelling to PCH". pch.health.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "The Kids Bridge is now open!". Perth Children's Hospital. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Fernandes, Aaron; Sivadas, Deeju (10 April 2021). "Perth hospital to review if cultural bias played a role in death of seven-year-old Aiswarya Aswath". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
When a doctor finally saw Aiswarya, she reportedly died within 15 minutes.
- ^ a b "Perth Children's Hospital nurses sounded alarm over staffing, safety weeks before girl's tragic death". Nine News. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
I actually went to the reception four or five times and I asked them to look at her," mother Prasitha Sasidharan said. "I was begging.
- ^ Png, Kenith (6 April 2021). "Perth Children's Hospital death of seven-year-old girl Aishwarya Aswath prompts urgent review". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Graham, Ben (7 April 2021). "Perth Children's hospital: Nurse's damning letter before girl's death". news.com.au. Nationwide News. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website
Media related to Perth Children's Hospital at Wikimedia Commons
