QEII Jubilee Hospital History: 1980-1989

The 1980s. 

• 1980 September first job advertisements placed for: nurses, clerks, medical staff, paramedical staff, wardsmen, domestics, housekeeper, laundry hands and seamstress
• 1981 January Functional opening of QEII with first patient treated in casualty
• 1981 Hospital auxiliary established
• 1982 Community lobbies for the establishment of a Maternity Unit and Dental Unit opened
• Commonwealth Games held at QEII Stadium
• 1983 Ward 4A opened with 100,000 patients seen
• 1984 Logo developed by Allan Isaak
• First participation in Australian Development Assistance Bureau
• 30 bed obstetric facility negotiated for QEII
• 1985 Maternity Unit opened
• 1986 BBQ area opened by O'Keefe
• First intermediate patient treated
• First hospital in Australian to install Micromedex Computerised Clinical Information system to Emergency Department
• 1987 Prayer room opened
• Eight bed Day Surgery Unit commissioned
• 1989 Overseas Doctors program commenced
• 1990 Medical library established

First prescription written by QEII pharmacist.

Patients meals were delivered to the hospital frozen and a conveyor belt system was used to plate the meals.  The meals were heated in ovens on each level and delivered via a trolley to patients.

First medical staff

First nursing staff

First administrative staff - with John Smith (Hospital Manager)