Ballarat Base Hospital

The Ballarat Base Hospital is a hospital located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It is a public hospital operated by Ballarat Health Services.

History
During the gold rush of the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.

In 1997, the Ballarat Base Hospital merged with the Queen Elizabeth Centre and the Grampians Psychiatric Service to form the Ballarat Health Service.

Building Specifications
Height: 33m

Specialties
The hospital provides many specialties, including:


 * Cardiology
 * Emergency medicine
 * Gastroenterology
 * Infectious disease medicine
 * Lower gastrointestinal surgery
 * Nephrology
 * Otorhinolaryngology
 * Upper gastrointestinal surgery
 * Vascular surgery

External references

 * Ballarat Health Services website

Contact Details
Drummond Street North Ballarat 3350

tel: 03 5320 4000

fax: 03 5320 4828

Books

 * Hyslop, Anthea, Sovereign Remedies: A History of Ballarat Base Hospital, 1850s-1980s, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1989
 * Menadue, H. W., First Fifty Years: Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, 1929-1978, Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, Ballarat, 1978
 * Menadue, H. W. (ed.), Register of the Nurse Training School 1888-1988, Ballarat Base Hospital, Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses' League, Ballarat, 1993