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3 unusual facts about St John of God Health Care


Saint John of God

St John of God Health Care, Australia's third largest private hospital operator

St John of God Health Care

The pomegranate symbol was chosen by the Sisters of St John of God to reflect the order’s patron Saint, John of God, who ministered to the sick and poor in the Spanish town of Granada – ‘pomegranate’ in Spanish – in the early 16th century.

St John of God Burwood Hospital - an 86-bed psychiatric and drug and alcohol hospital.


West Leederville, Western Australia

The suburb backs onto Subiaco Oval, the home of football in Western Australia, and St John of God Hospital Subiaco.


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