Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine January 2015 | Page 89

HEALTHCARE
The very latest GE monitoring was purchased to complement our new ICU , including their latest large screen haemodynamic displays , and digitised remote patient review capability for our Intensivists and specialists .
is knowledgeable about the latest practices , houses the best tools of the trade and provides reputable patient care .
Humble Beginnings The Valley Private Hospital was established 30 years ago when its founder returned from a trip to America and took note of how emergency medicine was integrated into private acute health care . He returned to Australia with a vision of creating a major hospital with an emergency medicine component to serve the growing surface of southern Melbourne .
“ In fact , he was the first ,” said Henderson . “ He had the first private hospital emergency department in Australia .”
With an initial roadblock of having to fight the government for its location ( a neighboring hospital was only 5 kilometers away ), The Valley Private Hospital began as a small hospital but grew and developed over time to serve the massive population of southern Melbourne .
“ Melbourne ’ s population is about 4.5 million people , just behind Sydney ,” said Henderson . “ We ’ ll
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