Mater Foundation
The Mater Foundation challenges, inspires and engages people, organisations and businesses to partner with the Mater Hospitals and Mater Medical Research Institute, to extend the boundaries of health care and medical research.
The Mater Hospitals were established by the Sisters of Mercy in Brisbane in 1906 and now care for more than half a million babies, children and adults each year. The Mater is committed to providing compassionate health care with an emphasis on the founding values of the Sisters of Mercy - dignity, mercy, care, commitment and quality.
Donations to the Foundation help purchase life-saving medical equipment, improve patient care and ensure our research teams continue to find better ways to diagnose, treat and ultimately cure life-threatening diseases.
The Mater now operates seven hospitals, delivering exceptional care to children, mothers, babies and adults.
Our Vision
Investing in a future of exceptional health care and medical research.
Our Purpose
Supporting compassionate care for our community by promoting the prevention and control of disease.
Our Objects
To promote the provision of:
(a) high quality nursing, medical and paramedical care and necessary support services;
(b) continuing education, orientation and in-service programs:
(i) generally, to enable all hospital personnel maintain their knowledge and skills and;
(ii) specifically, to improve the service of individual departments of Mater;
(c) the highest standard of patient care which is in accordance with sound Catholic teaching and which is concerned with the total well being of all patients;
(d) the education of medical undergraduates and post graduates, student and graduate nurses, student and graduate members of the paramedical and non-medical disciplines;
(e) research programs to enhance all services within the goals of introducing challenge into the environment, and change as desirable, in accordance with modern technology and which will improve patient care;
(f) the development, improvement and acquisition of property and facilities associated with the provision of health care services; and
(g) all such things as are incidental or conducive:
(i) generally, to the attainment of any or all the above objects; or
(ii) specifically, to the provision of health care services in Mater