Mater Health Services North Queensland Limited (MHSNQ) operates two fully accredited private hospitals - Mater Hospital Pimlico was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1945, and Mater Women’s & Children’s Hospital Hyde Park was purchased in 2007. The Pimlico Hospital complex is an acute private Medical/Surgical hospital providing tertiary level services and with a present bed capacity of 167 and 8 Operating Theatres. The hospital provides a Cardiology and Cardiac Services Program with other specialists including Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Urology, Neurology, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Interventional Vascular. The hospital has emergency unit and specialty units including Coronary Care, Intensive Care, Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, Endoscopy, Urodynamics, Sleep Disorders and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. The Hyde Park Hospital was purchased by MHSNQ to provide a private women’s and children’s hospital service to Townsville. The hospital has a present bed capacity of 34 beds incorporating 4 Operating Theatres, a Day Surgery Unit and speciality areas including Obstetrics, Paediatrics and Gynaecology. MHSNQ has over 300 accredited visiting medical specialists with admitting rights. MHSNQ operates Catholic Hospitals in accordance with the Philosophy, Mission and Values of the Sisters of Mercy.