Logan Hospital
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The recently upgraded section includes a new entrance to the Emergency Department | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Logan City, Queensland, Australia |
| History | |
| Founded | 1990 |
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| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
Logan Hospital is located at corner Armstrong and Loganlea Roads in Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia. The hospital provides acute medical, surgical, rehabilitation, maternity and other specialty services for children and adults.
The hospital contains the Health Services library. Logan Hospital services intake patients who generally younger population and have culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds.[1]
A large expansion project is underway. Logan Hospital has grown from a 48 bed hospital in 1990 to approximately 330 beds currently.[2] Its services include Medical & Surgical Services: Obstetrics; Gynaecology; Orthopaedics; Ear Nose & Throat; Paediatrics; Respiratory Medicine; Neurology; Endocrinology; Cardiology; Renal Dialysis; Anaesthetics; Emergency medicine; Specialist Outpatient Clinics; Oral Health; Pathology; Medical Imaging; Allied Health Services; Pharmacy; Mental Health Services and Palliative Care.
Background
As a thinly-populated country area, early Logan had few medical services. The problems were highlighted by William Hanlon, writing about the 1860s:
- As an illustration of the sterling stamina of the early mothers of our race, I relate the following instance as typical of the womenfolk of those days. My little sister, just beginning to walk, developed a bubbly swelling under the root of her tongue. As none of the women knew what it was or might develop into, it was viewed with great concern. Early one morning, my Mater set off for Brisbane carrying the infant in her arms, for there was no vehicles nor horses in our community at that time. She tramped the whole of the way, some twentyodd miles, burdened with a heavy child, all alone, along a by no means well-defined bush track, with roving mobs of blacks all over the country. And she a new chum to boot! She reached the doctor the same evening, and walked back home again next day, again by herself.[3]
People tried hard to attract a local doctor. When a ships surgeon Dr T.E.D. Byrne visited the Logan in 1866 and showed interest in living there, local residents formed a committee and enrolled subscribers who were willing to pay the doctor until his practice was self-supporting. Pastor Helmuth who arrived in 1867 was a homeopathic doctor.[3] A Dr Cunningham also arrived in the district that year and shortly afterwards treated a child who had fallen from a rooftop at a sawmill. The child had been expected to die, but because the doctor could attend her so quickly, was doing as well as could be expected.[3] With so few doctors, most people relied on practical local women with a little knowledge of nursing or midwifery. Mrs Richardson of Dairy Creek was the much-loved universal nurse of the Waterford/ Loganholme area in the 1860s.[3] Probably each district had a similar figure to whom people turned. Chemists were versatile in dispensing medicine and advice. William Just of Beenleigh advertised in 1887 that his drugs were equal in quality and price to any sold in Brisbane. He could dispense medicine and prepare horse and cattle medicines according to prescriptions by first class veterinary surgeons. He was also the local dentist and claimed that at teeth extraction, W.J. is second to none in Queensland.[3] The same year, a new doctor, Herbert Clatworthy, commenced practice in Beenleigh. He was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and had been House Surgeon at the London Hospital and Medical Officer to Wandsworth Infirmary and Metropolitan Infectious Diseases Hospital.[3]
Healthcare in Logan
In 1876, Beenleigh residents held a ball in aid of the Brisbane Hospital, the nearest hospital for all Logan district residents.
Nurses and midwives continued to provide medical care in many areas of Logan. Names which older residents recall include Mrs Lehmann and Mrs Granny Stern in the Gramzow area.[3] In the 1980s, Logan was the second-largest city in Queensland, but was still without its own hospital. Residents had to travel approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the nearest hospitals in Brisbane Princess Alexandra Hospital or the Mater.
A Community Health Centre was established in late 1977 but local people continued a long and determined campaign for a full hospital for the district. This was eventually achieved in 1990 when the Logan Hospital was built at Loganholme. It was initially formed as part of the South Brisbane Region, but is now the centre for the Logan-Beaudesert Region.[3]
History
In 1993, the hospital was included within a reference group for intercultural collaboration.[4]
In December 2013, Logan Hospital was the site of a protest against a reduction in midwifery services.[5]
Further stages have been built since opening and Logan Hospital now has increased in size and provides a wide range of services. In 2012, work began on a new emergency department as well as a children's inpatient and rehabilitation unit.[6]
References
- ↑ "Logan Hospital: About Us". Queensland Health. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ↑ Healthier Queensland, Logan Hospital, July 16, 2012
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Logan City Council, Medical Services, retrieved 15 September 2012
- ↑ Jamieson, Gwendolyn Gray (2012). Reaching for Health: The Australian Women's Health Movement and Public Policy. ANU E Press. p. 163. ISBN 1921862688. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ↑ Stephanie Masters (10 December 2013). "QNU protests against return of antenatal care to Logan Hospital claiming changes will hurt mothers". Quest Community Newspapers. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ↑ "Logan Hospital Expansion Project". Queensland Health. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
External links
- Facility Profile - Queensland Government
Coordinates: 27°40′00″S 153°08′56″E / 27.6668°S 153.1488°E