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211: 366:"Over time, the number of war veterans and widows needing care at the Hospital will decline as age takes its toll. However, the spirit of the heroic generations of men and women who have known Greenslopes as their hospital will live on. Today, everyone working at Greenslopes Private Hospital is aware of the special place the hospital has in personal and national histories. Ramsay Health Care has established permanent memorials at the Hospital to host 382: 422: 201:
to the west. The hospital, surrounded by quiet streets, lies some distance from the nearest main roads, a factor which has caused friction with local residents over traffic, parking and redevelopment issues in recent years.
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decided to move to be a purchaser of medical services rather than a provider. The Federal Government's preferred option was for state health departments to take over the operations but the
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The hospital provides care for a large number of patients each year since it opened in 1942 as an Army hospital – 112th Australian General Hospital (AGH) during
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of the time turned down the offer. Then in 1994 tenders were called for private operators to purchase the hospital; in September 1994 it was announced that
51: 405: 614: 357:: Construction begins on a new building to house new Private Outpatient Clinics – will almost double the number of outpatient clinics in the hospital. 604: 619: 609: 293:: The Repatriation Commission assumed administrative control of the hospital, which was renamed the Repatriation General Hospital, Greenslopes 486: 544: 458: 210: 505: 465: 624: 529:, Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital historical material, Research Guides, National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2009. 345:: Greenslopes was now pronounced the largest private hospital in Queensland and a new development of a new facility was approved. 351:: A new facility, which brought the number of hospital beds to 528, made Greenslopes the largest private hospital in Australia. 574: 472: 599: 443: 400: 171: 454: 78: 265:: 112th Australian General Hospital officially opens on 2 February with the first 35 war patients admitted in March. 241:
was the successful tenderer. Ramsay Health Care assumed responsibility for Greenslopes Hospital on 6 January 1995.
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years. Then later as Repatriation General Hospital (RGH) Greenslopes operated by the Repatriation Commission (now
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Prime Minister's Newsroom: Opening of the redeveloped Greenslopes Private Hospital
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It is located within the Greenslopes suburb, on a ridge leading east from
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Ramsay Health Care's Official Website for Greenslopes Private Hospital
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dawn ceremonies and other significant days of remembrance."
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Repatriation General Hospital, Greenslopes
Ramsay Health Care

Brisbane
Coordinates
27°30′46.39″S 153°2′45.92″E / 27.5128861°S 153.0460889°E / -27.5128861; 153.0460889
Funding
www.greenslopesprivate.com.au
Hospitals in Australia
Greenslopes
Brisbane
Stephens Mountain
Norman Creek
Greenslopes Private Hospital.
World War II
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Commonwealth Government
Queensland Government
Ramsay Health Care
Moreton Bay
Ramsay Health Care
Anzac Day
Queensland portal
Health care in Australia
List of hospitals in Australia
Repatriation General Hospital

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