Mater Adult Hospital is built on a foundation of clinical excellence and a commitment to safe, compassionate care, that is:
quality focused
technologically advanced
customised to patients’ needs and lifestyle
Mater Adult Hospital provides a wide range of surgical, medical and cancer services to the general public. It features a 24-hour emergency department, intensive and coronary care units, day surgery, day oncology, day respite and busy medical, cancer and surgical units.
The hospital’s Division of Medicine offers specialist services in respiratory medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, cardiology, infectious diseases, dermatology, rheumatology, general surgery and medicine.
General surgery is complemented by recognised surgical expertise in women’s health, orthopaedics, urology, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, oral and faciomaxillary surgery, colorectal surgery, plastic surgery, ear, nose and throat surgery and dermatology.
Modern facilities accommodate inpatients, outpatients, and day-only patients. While in hospital, patients also have access to allied health, pharmacy, hairdressing and chaplaincy services.
Mater has a reputation of international acclaim for world-leading health care advances and individual hospitals are regularly acknowledged for their outstanding contributions to health care.
Both these surgeries are performed to remove bowel disease affecting different parts of the large bowel.
An abdominoplasty is a surgical procedure in which excess skin and fat in the abdominal area is removed and the abdominal muscles are tightened.
This brochure provides information about Angiograms, Angioplasty and Stents.
This brochure outlines what you can expect before and after an ankle arthroscopy procedure at Mater Adult Hospital 23 Hour Unit.
Twenty per cent of breast cancers will require the breast to be treated by mastectomy - removal of the breast tissue including the nipple.
This brochure outlines some of the things that you can expect when being treated for breast cancer at Mater Adult Hospital.
This brochure explains what you can expect when admitted for a bronchoscopy at Mater Adult Hospital.
This brochure explains what you can expect before and after a bunionectomy procedure at Mater Adult Hospital.
This brochure outlines how to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
This brochure outlines what you can expect, and how you can prepare, for a colonoscopy at Mater Adult Hospital.
This brochure outlines what you can expect, and how you should prepare, for a colonoscopy at Mater Adult Hospital.
The ongoing provision of nutrition and fluid when the desire or ability to eat has been lost.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when undergoing a cystoscopy at Mater Adult Hospital.
DART Adults offers a professional healthcare service to clients in their own home.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when you undergo an ERCP at Mater Adult Hospital.
This brochure aims to help answer some common questions following the death of a family member.
Fusion is a surgical technique which can be used for most joints in the foot and ankle where a joint becomes worn out and painful
This brochure outlines what you can expect when you undergo hammer, claw or mallet toe surgery at Mater Adult Hospital.
Get on track to a happier, healthier lifestyle.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when undergoing hernia repair at Mater Adult Hospital.
In a high tibial osteotomy the bone of the upper tibia is cut and repositioned to realign the leg.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when you are treated for an ingrown toenail at Mater Adult Hospital.
Information for relative and friends of intensive care patients.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when undergoing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Mater Adult Hospital.
Laparoscopic gastric banding surgery involves placing a band around the top of the stomach, forming a small pouch to hold food.
Looking at liver tissue itself is the best way to determine whether the liver is healthy or what is causing it to be damaged.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when undergoing nasal surgery.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when you undergo an oesophageal manometry at Mater Adult Hospital.
The Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Screening Clinic (OPSC) is a service offered by the Department of Orthopaedics.
A Pilonidal sinus is a tract which commonly contains hair and skin debris and is prone to recurring infections.
Radical prostatectomy is one of the treatment options for prostate cancer. This surgery involves the removal of the prostate gland.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when you undergo a sigmoidoscopy at Mater Adult Hospital.
Social workers can assist you, your family and carers in dealing with the emotional, social and practical issues that may arise while you are receiving treatment.
Every patient who has a procedure performed under sedation or general anaesthetic and is leaving hospital within 24 hours needs a responsible person.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when you undergo a tonsillectomy at Mater Adult Hospital.
This brochure information about the various types of breast re-construction surgery.
This biopsy is where small samples of tissue are taken from your prostate gland, using an ultrasound device.
Transurethral resection of the prostate is the operation carried out primarily to relieve obstruction of urine.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when you undergo an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
This brochure outlines what you can expect when being treated for varicose veins at Mater Adult Hospital.
Mater Adult Hospital is one of Brisbane’s leading health facilities for non-insured patients.
Your health care is coordinated and delivered by a team of health professionals including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.