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John Hunter Hospital
John Hunter Hospital
Geography
Location	New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	32°55′21″S 151°41′35″E / 32.9225°S 151.6930°E
Organisation
Care system	Public Medicare (AU)
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Newcastle
Services
Emergency department	Yes, major trauma centre
Beds	820 inclusive of JHCH and Royal Newcastle Centre
Helipads
Helipad	(ICAO: YXJH)
History
Opened	25 May 1991; Nick Greiner; Premier of New South Wales
Links
Website	www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/services_and_facilities/john_hunter_hospital
Lists	Hospitals in Australia

The John Hunter Hospital and John Hunter Children's Hospital (sometimes known as the JHH and JHCH respectively, or more colloquially the John Hunter) is a teaching hospital and children's hospital in Newcastle, and northern New South Wales, Australia. The 820 bed hospital is the main teaching hospital of the University of Newcastle. The hospital contains the only trauma centre in New South Wales outside the Sydney Metropolitan Area, and has the busiest emergency department in the state.^[1] John Hunter is the busiest trauma hospital in the country

Overview edit

The John Hunter health complex consists of 820 beds in total, and is co-located next to the 174 bed Newcastle Private Hospital, as well as the regional Hunter Area Pathology Service which provides tertiary level pathology testing. The complex consists of a single building, which is divided into 694 adult beds and another 126 paediatric beds in the John Hunter Children's Hospital.

The Royal Newcastle Centre (formerly Royal Newcastle Hospital), opened as an extension wing to the John Hunter Hospital in April 2006, providing 144 of these beds. Patients from the Hunter Region and beyond are referred to John Hunter for treatment in a range of specialities. The John Hunter Children's Hospital and Royal Newcastle Centre are located within the same building as the John Hunter Hospital. Also on the same grounds are Rankin Park Hospital (Rehab), Newcastle Private Hospital and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI).

Specialty services provided edit

The JHH and JHCH are tertiary level hospitals, and provide the following specialties and subspecialties:

Specialty	Details
Anaesthesia	Including sub-specialties in cardiac, neuro, obstetric, paediatric & regional anaesthesia as well as pain medicine (both acute and chronic pain services are available)
Intensive care	The 37 bed intensive care complex provides both adult and paediatric ICU. The 29 bed adult ICU provides of general medical, general surgical, cardiac, trauma & neurosurgical intensive care. The ICU is able to provide advanced respiratory support for severe respiratory failure including invasive ventilation, non-invasive ventilation, high frequency oscillation ventilation, proning, and VV-ECMO. Haemodynamic support available includes vasopressor and inotropic support, advanced haemodynamic monitoring, echocardiography, continuous renal replacement therapy, intra-aortic balloon pump, VA-ECMO and Impella/percutaneous LVAD. Neurocritical care includes EVD pressure monitoring, continuous EEG monitoring, transcranial Doppler.
Paediatric intensive care	The newly built 8 bed PICU was opened in 2017 and is one of 3 tertiary PICUs in the state. Currently funded for 4 beds, and provides non-invasive and invasive ventilator support as well as haemodynamic support.
Neonatal intensive care	18 NICU and 24 special care beds, providing care for children born as early as 23 weeks gestation.
Retrieval medicine	The Hunter New England Aeromedical Retrieval Service provides both primary (pre-hospital) and secondary (inter-hospital) adult and paediatric retrieval services. Doctors from anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency provide the medical staff, whilst ICU nurses provide nursing support for secondary retrievals. The secondary retrieval service is led by the on-call intensive care specialist.
Emergency medicine	Providing tertiary adult and paediatric emergency care
Trauma	The JHH and JHCH is the busiest trauma centre in the state and the second busiest nationally. It has a dedicated trauma surgical team as well as utilising the expertise of sub-specialty surgeons when required.
Surgical specialties	General surgery Upper GI – hepatic, pancreatic and oesophageal surgery Colorectal surgery – Including laparoscopic and minimally invasive oncology surgery Endocrine surgery Orthopaedics (elective and trauma) Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) Ear nose and throat (ENT) Head and neck – a combined team of OMFS and ENT surgeons Cardiothoracic surgery – Elective and emergency cardiac, aortic and thoracic surgery. Renal transplant Urology surgery Vascular surgery – Open and percutaneous interventional techniques Ophthalmology Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Medical specialties	General medicine Neurology – General neurology, stroke, interventional neuroradiology (DSA and anaerysm treatment, clot retrieval), EEG, neuropsychology, multiple sclerosis clinics. Cardiology – Interventional, electrophysiology and echocardiography. JHH Interventional Cardiologists have experience in percutaneous techniques such as TAVI and balloon aortic valvulopasty Respiratory medicine – Including sub-specialties of general respiratory, cystic fibrosis & sleep medicine. Toxicology Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology and dialysis Rheumatology Immunology Dermatology
Obstetrics and gynaecology	Including gynae-oncology and high risk maternal-fetal medicine unit
Radiology	Xrays, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and interventional radiology including embolization.
Psychiatry	Both adult and paediatric psychiatry services are provided, both in-hospital and community.

Wards edit

The John Hunter Hospital and John Hunter Children's Hospital consists of the following ~30 bed wards. Wards are designated by their horizontal position along the hospitals long corridor (by letter) and the number indicates which level of the hospital the ward is on (Levels 1–3). Hence ward E3 is positioned above E2 and next door to ward F3.

Ward E1: Rehabilitation
Ward E2: Urology/Rheumatology
Ward E3: Orthopaedics
Ward F1: Orthopaedics
Ward F2: Immunology/Respiratory/General Medicine
Ward F3: Cardiovascular
Ward G1: General Medicine
Ward G2: Neurology/Neurosurgery
Ward G3: Cardiology/Gastroenterology
Ward H1: Children's Medical
Ward H2: Emergency Short Stay Unit/Medical Assessment and Coordination Unit
Ward H3: Special Surgery/Trauma
Ward J1: Children's Surgical and Oncology
Ward J2: Adolescent, Day Stay and Sleep Unit
Ward J3: General Surgery
Ward K1: Nephrology/Dialysis
Ward K2: Maternity/Post-Natal
Ward K3: Gynaecology/Gynaecology Oncology
AGSU: Acute General Surgical Unit
CCU: Coronary Care Unit
ED: Emergency Department
Transplant: Transplant
ICU/HD: Intensive Care Unit/High Dependency Unit
PICU: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NEXUS: Adolescent Mental Health

Origin of name edit

A unique aspect of the John Hunter Hospital is the reasoning behind its name. Rather than being named after one person, the JHH is named in honour of three men, all of whom were called John Hunter.^{[citation needed]} They were:

John Hunter, a former governor of New South Wales and the namesake of the whole Hunter region
John Hunter, the famed 18th-century surgeon and pioneer of anatomical pathology, and
John Irvine Hunter, an Australian anatomist who died in 1924 at the age of 26, having already been appointed the youngest anatomy professor at the University of Sydney

Solar array edit

In late 2021, a solar installation said to be the largest on any hospital in the world, was switched on at the John Hunter Hospital. It contains more than 5,000 solar panels, covers 12,000 square metres, and generates 3.24 gigawatt-hours per year.^[2]

References edit

^ "John Hunter Hospital". Hunter New England Area Health Service. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
^ "John Hunter Hospital has installed the 'biggest solar array on any hospital in the world'".