Corporate Body
Alfred Hospital (1871 - )
- From
- 1871
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Functions
- Health Industry and Hospitals or Clinics
- Website
- http://www.alfred.org.au
- Location
- Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004
Summary
Melbourne's Alfred Hospital was established in 1871. The Hospital continues to operate on its original site. In 2002 specialist services offered by the hospital include Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart-Lung Transplant, Trauma Care, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine. From their Web site, December 2002: "The Alfred is one of Australia's leading hospitals. Our priority is high quality, cost effective patient care founded on excellent practice, teaching and research."
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Published resources
Books
- Mitchell, Ann M., The hospital south of the Yarra: a history of the Alfred Hospital Melbourne from foundation to the nineteen-forties (Melbourne: The Hospital, 1977), 299 pp. Details
- Paterson, Helen, '5.30, Nurse!' The Story of the Alfred Nurses (Melbourne: History Books, 1996), 272 pp. Details
Edited Books
- Alfred Healthcare Group Heritage Committee ed., Alfred Hospital: Faces and Places volume I(-III) (Prahran, Vic.: Alfred Healthcare Group, 1996-2004), 360 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7713086. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-468477. Details
See also
- Westmore, Ann, 'Trinca, John Alfred ('Alf' or 'AJT') (1884-1981), Pathologist and Surgeon' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 524-5. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/trinca-john-alfred-alf-or-ajt-15913. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 12 December 2002, Last modified: 16 March 2006