20-555: Jessie McPherson Private Hospital is a private hospital co-located with Monash Medical Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton . It provides private health care to people in Melbourne, regional Victoria, interstate and overseas. Jessie McPherson Private Hospital was first established in December 1930 in a central Melbourne church hall when a group of female doctors recognised the need for
40-482: A 26-bed Intensive Care Unit (mixed between adults and children), an even larger Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and 16 peripheral High Dependency Unit beds throughout the hospital. The Intensive Care Unit specialises in both post-cardiac surgery and post-neurosurgical care, as well as severe sepsis and acute medical illness management. It also has a high number of patients with chronic kidney failure related illness. The Emergency Department at Monash Medical Centre Clayton
60-473: A new hospital to treat the city's ailing female population. The hospital became a reality when the then Premier of Victoria, Sir William McPherson donated £25,000 to build a hospital in memory of his mother, Mrs Jessie McPherson. The hospital was built adjacent to the old Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne in William Street in Melbourne's CBD and was named Jessie McPherson Community Hospital. Subsequently,
80-431: Is Victoria's busiest Emergency Department, with 69,951 presentations between July 2011 and June 2012. The hospital is highly involved with advanced medical training, including accredited training programs for all medical specialties and boasts excellent pass rates across all speciality training programs. Eight departments of Monash University are based at Monash Medical Centre. Monash Medical Centre will stand alongside
100-449: Is a 21-bed cardiac care unit at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, which manages a high case load of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarctions, with a daily case load of 3–4 cases not being unusual; A 12-bed cardiac care unit at Dandenong Hospital, which shares the coronary angiography and angioplasty services with Monash Medical Centre, Clayton; A 24-bed combined cardiology and cardiothoracic unit, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton which manages all
120-778: Is a legacy of the endocrinology service provided at the former Prince Henry's Hospital , which transferred its services to Monash Medical Centre, Clayton in 1987. It is currently the second largest kidney transplant unit in Melbourne in terms of numbers, after the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 2011, there were a record number of kidney transplants performed at the Monash Medical Centre, with 92 recorded. The renal ward at Monash Medical Centre has 18 beds and accommodates acutely ill patients with all kidney conditions, including pre- and post- kidney and pancreas transplant patients, (including donors), and vascular access surgery. It
140-491: Is a weekly TB clinic that is run every Wednesday, as well as an inpatient service that cares for patients who need to be isolated and treated as an inpatient. The hospital provide specialist care for many patients with tuberculosis, and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections, including infections due to Mycobacterium avium complex , Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium ulcerans. Along with the Western Hospital , which hosts
160-521: Is largest government-funded gender dysphoria health service clinic in Australia. In 2016, the Andrews government allocated $ 6.4 million to this Monash gender dysphoria program, which now has 250 referrals per annum. As a large tertiary referral hospital it provides neurosurgery, nephrology, cardiothoracic surgery, and houses intensive care units treating neonatal, paediatric and adult patients. It has
180-838: Is part of the group of nontuberculous mycobacteria . These bacteria cause Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infections or Mycobacterium avium complex infections in humans. These bacteria are common and are found in fresh and salt water, in household dust and in soil. MAC bacteria usually cause infection in those who are immunocompromised or those with severe lung disease . In the Runyon classification , both bacteria are nonchromogens. They can be differentiated from M. tuberculosis and each other by commercially available DNA probes . They are characterized as Gram-positive , nonmotile, acid-fast , short to long rods. Colony characteristics Physiology Differential characteristics MAC bacteria enter most people's body when inhaled into
200-451: Is the busiest interventional cardiology service in the state, providing coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty services to the entire south eastern area of the state. MonashHeart is the largest non-invasive imaging service in Victoria, performing nearly 14,000 echocardiograms each year for newborns through to adults. Acute cardiac inpatient services are provided across the network. There
220-462: Is the statewide provider of Thalassemia services, for both children and adult populations. Most of the services are provided on an outpatient basis with the clinics located on the 2nd floor of the hospital, next to the allied health offices. Due to its large refugee population in its catchment area, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton provides specialist care for a large number of patients with tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections. There
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#1732863258997240-684: The Queen Victoria Medical Centre (an obstetric and gynaecological hospital in central Melbourne), Prince Henry's Hospital (a general hospital in South Melbourne) and the Moorabbin Hospital (a general hospital in Moorabbin). It was built on the site of McCulloch House , a nursing home. MonashHeart provides cardiology related services and cardiac care at the Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, and at Dandenong Hospital. MonashHeart
260-724: The Queen Victoria Hospital management was ordered by the then government to transfer its control over Jessie McPherson Community Hospital, so that the Cancer Institute could set up a new treatment centre in that location. The hospital later moved to the intermediate section of the Queen Victoria Hospital in Lonsdale Street. In 1987, the hospital moved to its present home in Clayton and is co-located with Monash Health's Monash Medical Centre . The Queen Victoria Hospital moved at
280-546: The lungs or swallowed, but only cause infection in those who are immunocompromised or who have severe lung disease such as those with cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). MAC infection can cause COPD and lymphadenitis , and can cause disseminated disease, especially in people with immunodeficiency . During the last decade Mycobacterium chimaera (see below) infections following cardiothoracic surgery, especially open-heart surgery, have been increasingly reported worldwide. Infections usually involve
300-482: The major hospitals, primary care psychiatry, specialist gender dysphoria services, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services and extensive Consultation & liaison psychiatry services. The Mental health program is the largest post graduate training for RANZCP training program in Melbourne. The program employs 45 Consultant psychiatrists and 35 psychiatry trainees. There is an extensive teaching program for all levels of trainees. The Monash gender dysphoria service
320-950: The migrant screening clinic, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton arguably cares for the highest number of inpatient TB patients in the state. The Mental Health Program of Monash Health is one of the largest mental health services in Victoria providing comprehensive mental health services for all age groups for the people living in the South eastern region of Melbourne. Mental health program works in close collaboration with Monash University School of Psychiatry, Psychology and Psychological Medicine. The Mental Health Program provides 100 acute adult inpatient beds in three hospitals, 20 bed intensive secure and extended care beds, 40 beds community rehabilitation services beds, 8 Mother and Baby and Eating Disorder beds, Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATT) based at Clayton, Dandenong and Berwick, Community mental health services (CCT, MSTT), Emergency Psychiatric services based at
340-409: The planned Monash Health Translational Precinct, a partnership between Monash Health, Monash University , and Hudson Institute of Medical Research . Mycobacterium avium complex Mycobacterium avium complex is a group of mycobacteria comprising Mycobacterium intracellulare and Mycobacterium avium that are commonly grouped because they infect humans together; this group, in turn,
360-470: The post op cardiothoracic cases, as well as other general cardiology cases. MonashHeart became a luminary site for the 320-slice Toshiba Aquilion One CT scanner in September 2008, the first health service to do so in the southern hemisphere. There have been numerous other medical firsts achieved by MonashHeart: Monash Medical Centre is designated a national provider of kidney and pancreatic transplants. This
380-414: The respiratory system. Mycobacterium chimaera is acquired during cardiopulmonary bypass via bioaerosols emitted from contaminated heater-cooler units water systems. Due to nonspecific symptoms and long latency, postoperative Mycobacterium chimaera infections may not be promptly diagnosed and treated, and may become life-threatening. In 2004, Tortoli et al. proposed the name M. chimaera for strains that
400-417: The same time, becoming part of the Monash Medical Centre. Monash Medical Centre Monash Medical Centre ( MMC ) is a teaching hospital in Melbourne , Australia. It provides specialist tertiary-level healthcare to Melbourne's south-east. Monash Medical Centre is part of Monash Health, the largest public health service in Victoria. Monash Medical Centre was formed in 1987 with the amalgamation of
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