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opened. In July 2015, a truck collided with the overhead footbridge attached to the Mater
Hospital in Brisbane which crosses Raymond Terrace, causing damages costing $ 170,000. Mater Group attempted to sue the truck driver and his employer but the claim was dismissed with a subsequent appeal also
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was formed in 2016 by aligning Mater Health, Mater
Education, Mater Research and Mater Foundation under a single, unified banner. Mater provides care for some 500,000 patients each year. Mater was established in 1906 by the
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In 1919, Queensland's first hospital laboratory was established at the Mater. In 1928, the Mater Public
Hospital installed Queensland's first deep X-ray therapy machine to treat cancer patients.
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was closed due to no longer being viable. It had operated for 21 years, closing departments from 2018 until final closure in 2020. After it was listed for sale in 2019, it was purchased by
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In 1960, the Mater
Mothers' Hospital was officially opened, accommodating for 140 mothers. In 1967 blood transfusions were performed on a baby in utero for the first time in Queensland.
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In 1987 Mater
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In 1998, the Mater
Children's Private Hospital opens becoming Australia's first private paediatric facility. On 14 April 1999, the Mater Private Hospital in
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In 2010, Mater
Private Hospital Brisbane became the first private hospital in Queensland to launch an automatic notification system for tissue donation.
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The branding Mater
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In mid-2015, Mater Centre for Neurosciences opened. In October 2015, Mater Private Hospital
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opened at the Mater. In 1954, Mater established Queensland's first Neurological Department.
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Aubigny, at North Quay, Brisbane, 1897, before it was used as the first Mater Hospital
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In mid-2014, Mater Health Services joined with seven other organisations to form the
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opened. In 2006, Mater Health Services becomes the first institution to win a
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in 2020 and incorporated into the existing public health facilities.
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Aerial photograph of a portion of the Mater Group campus at
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Mater Hospital Brisbane (formerly Mater Adult Hospital)
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opened the first Mater Hospital in a private house,
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817:"Mater services to cease for a month"
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551:"2006 Queensland Greats recipients"
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385:"Debate.org: Mater Health Services"
230:Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners
167:In 1953, eastern Australia's first
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786:"Mater Private Hospital Gladstone"
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585:"Queensland Greats Awards winners"
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295:Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton
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280:Mater Children's Private Brisbane
1048:1906 establishments in Australia
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365:from the original on 10 May 2017
289:Mater Private Hospital Bundaberg
211:Lady Cilento Children's Hospital
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283:Mater Mothers' Private Brisbane
339:List of hospitals in Australia
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