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John Flynn Private Hospital

Coordinates: 28°09′14″S 153°29′19″E / 28.153879°S 153.488510°E / -28.153879; 153.488510
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28°09′14″S 153°29′19″E / 28.153879°S 153.488510°E / -28.153879; 153.488510

John Flynn Private Hospital
Ramsay Health Care
Map
Geography
Location42 Inland Drive, Tugun, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Organisation
FundingPrivate
TypeCommunity hospital
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds345
HelipadNo
History
Opened23 November 1993
Links
Websitehttp://www.johnflynnprivate.com.au/

John Flynn Private Hospital is an acute care facility in the southern Gold Coast suburb of Tugun. The 345 bed hospital provides services to people of southern Gold Coast and parts of the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

Originally opened as the Moran Hospital of Excellence with the Moran Clinic. The hospital was not successful and was left abandoned by 1991. The hospital was revived by 1993 and renamed John Flynn who was responsible in 1928 for the first outback medical services which became known as the Flying Doctor Service.

John Flynn Hospital complex consists of the main hospital building, specialist medical suites, the John Flynn Cancer Centre, and the hospital also has an onsite 24-hour pharmacy.

Facility services

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Location

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John Flynn Private Hospital is located on 42 Inland Drive, Tugun.

References

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Rudolph, Ivan. John Flynn: of flying doctors and frontier faith. Central Queensland University Press, 2000.