St John of God Health Care

In 1895, Perth's Bishop Matthew Gibney sent a request to the Sisters for help to care for people suffering from typhoid fever during the 1890s gold rush.

[4] The Sisters of St John of God went on to establish additional hospitals, pathology[5] and social outreach services in Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

[12] St John of God Health Care operates private and public hospitals, as well as disability, home nursing and social outreach services.

[14][15] The system operates a number of social outreach and community programs to support disadvantaged and vulnerable communities, including: St John of God Health Choices, a division of St John of God Health Care, provides home nursing services in the Australian states of Victoria and Western Australia.

[31] St John of God Health Care is a provider of community nursing services on behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs.