Happy 60th Birthday OPH!
OPH 60th Birthday, Lorraine Beatty, Carol Symes, Robert Malekin, Marie Slater and Lisa Summers
Today is a very special day… Osborne Park Hospital is turning 60!
Opened on this day in 1962, OPH originally served the general medical and maternity needs of the City of Stirling catchment. Quickly becoming known for its friendly, caring and efficient atmosphere, our hospital saw 76 admissions in its first full month (April 1962), served around 1,300 patients in its first year, and by 1966 had admitted 10,000 patients – those were the days!
From humble beginnings, OPH now plays a key role in how we deliver specialist health care services to the north metropolitan area. In early 2021, OPH and SCGH became truly one health care group, with a divisional restructure to deliver the two sites, one service vision for SCGOPHCG.
With 187 beds and nearly 600 staff, our dedicated team at OPH cared for more than 103,595 patients in 2021. We’ve seen significant developments at the hospital over the years and it continues to grow, with Ward 2 opening last year, and the new modular Ward 7 currently under construction and due for completion in mid-2022.
Although we can’t hold a big gathering today due to COVID restrictions, there is a 60th Year program of events planned throughout 2022 to celebrate our birthday year.
And just because we can’t hold a big event today doesn’t mean we can’t have cake! So, there are individual cupcakes being delivered for every staff member rostered on today, so that we can celebrate in style. Marie Slater, A/ED SCGOPHCG will be at OPH for birthday cupcakes. It is really special for Marie to be able to be part of the celebration, after leading the hospital so ably as Nurse CoDirector for so long.
