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Royal Adelaide Hospital
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Adelaide, South Australia, (AU) |
| Organisation | |
| Care System | Public Medicare (AU) |
| Hospital Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated University | University of Adelaide |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Yes |
| Beds | 848 |
| Speciality | Burns, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Thoracic medicine and Cardiovascular surgery |
| History | |
| Founded | 1841 |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in Australia |
The Royal Adelaide Hospital is Adelaide's largest hospital with over 700 beds. It is one of the most advanced Australian Hospitals and many people come from surrounding nations to use Adelaide's world-renowned Burns unit. The Hospital was first built in the 1840's but has developed greatly since. The Hospital is Situated on the Corner of North Terrace and Frome Road. It is next to the Royal Botanic Gardens, The Adelaide Zoo and the Adelaide University. The land which it covers is home to the Adelaide Medical School, Adelaide Dental Hospital, The Hanson Institute and the IMVS.
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Since the Hospital is so large it is split up into many different blocks and Building names.
The North Wing is home to wards Q3-R3-S3 (Orthapedics), Q5 (ENT and Eyes), Q6 (Colorectal Surgery), Q7-R6 (Gastric and Upper GI Surgery), Q8--R7-R8-S7-S8 (Medical), R4A (Spinal), R5 (NeuroSurgery), S6 (Urology/Gynaecology), S2 (Thoracic Medicine) and S5 (Plastics). Radiology can also be found in the North Wing.
The East wing has 10 Wards for Psychiatry, Stroke, Oncology, Cardiology and Vascular Surgery
All of the 23 Operating Theatres are in this block. All of the treatment centres for the many Specialties covered can also be found in this block.
The Emergency Department and Recovery Rooms are found in this block. This is also the block that has access to the Helipad and Medi-Vac team. The 3 PTL (Patient Transport Lifts) are also in this block which go from Ground Floor, up to the Helipad. The Emergency department has recently undergone a total refurbishment and is now a state of the art Emergency facility.
All Specialist offices are found in the Outpatient blocks from level 3-9.
The Hone Wing is home to the Department of Radiation Oncology and holds 5 bunkers containing Varian Linear Accelerators.
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Royal Adelaide Hospital Homepage http://www.rah.sa.gov.au/homepage.php