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A pioneer in providing exceptional patient care,

Mount Hospital in Perth has been offering the latest

medical technology and state-of-the-art clinical ex-

pertise in Western Australia for more than 25 years.

Staffed by experienced doctors with a wide range of

specialities, the hospital offers premium service in

a friendly atmosphere and aspires for the very best

health outcomes for its patients.

Mount Hospital’s philosophy is centred around

providing excellence in health care in a compassion-

ate manner while keeping the patient’s interest as

the focus of its efforts. The 224 bed facility is fully

accredited by the

Australian Council on Healthcare

Standards

(ACHS), a national accreditation body that

ensures hospitals provide the highest standards of

service by conducting an external peer assessment

to evaluate level of performance.

The hospital provides a comprehensive range of

medical specialities and services and its facilities

include 11 operating theatres, 2 cardiac catheter

laboratories and an endoscopy suite. It has an ex-

cellent location at the foot of the beautiful Kings

Park on Mounts Bay Road, with most patient rooms

enjoying a garden view and several overlooking the

Swan River.

With the appointment of

Professor David Playford

Mount Hospital: A Lead-

er in Specialist Health

Services

to the newly created role of Professor of Cardiology,

Mount Hospital has become the only private hospi-

tal in Western Australia to have a professorial Cardi-

ology Unit. It also has the largest Coronary Care Unit

amongst private hospitals in the state and is opera-

tional for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Comment-

ing on the appointment of Professor David Playford,

Jade Phelan, General Manager of the hospital said,

“This role has been created to provide leadership

and education to our cardiology service and support

to all Junior Doctors in Cardiology at Mount Hospi-

tal”.

The

Perth Breast Clinic

of Mount Hospital is

staffed by doctors with extensive experience in di-

agnosing and treating breast cancer. The Clinic’s

breast radiologists, pathologists, surgeons, oncolo-

gists, radiotherapists, nuclear medicine special-

ists, breast care nurses and physiotherapists are a

multi-faceted team who work in close co-ordination

to provide holistic treatment which has patient care

as its focal point. If you are diagnosed with breast

cancer the doctors will discuss the range of treat-

ments available to you and help you decide on the

most appropriate one.

The clinic also provides breast screening and coun-

selling for high risk patients as also post-treatment