Royal Women's Hospital
The Royal Women's Hospital | |
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Victoria, Australia | |
Coordinates | 37°47′55″S 144°57′18″E / 37.7987°S 144.9551°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public Medicare (AU) |
Funding | Public hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 200 |
History | |
Opened | 1856 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
The Royal Women's Hospital, located in the
History
The hospital was established at
The Women's was the first specialist teaching hospital in the Antipodes, and the first hospital in Australia to train nurses and midwives and the first in Australia to hold postgraduate classes for nurses.[3]
In 1858 it was relocated to a site in Carlton, which spanned the block between Swanston and Cardigan Streets and Grattan and Faraday Streets. In March 1884, the hospital was renamed The Hospital for Women, with the royal title being conferred on 6 September 1954.[4][5]
In 2005, then Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and Health Minister Bronwyn Pike announced a major redevelopment and relocation of the Royal Women's Hospital and Frances Perry Private Hospital next to the Royal Melbourne Hospital on the corner of Grattan Street and Flemington Road in Parkville. The new building and facilities, built by Baulderstone, were opened on 13 June 2008.[6] The new building cost the Victorian Government $250 million, and has the capacity for more than 7,000 births per year.
References
- ^ Royal Women's Hospital Official website
- ^ Melbourne IVF Accessed April 28, 2007
- ISBN 0-522-84902-4
- ISBN 0-522-84902-4
- ^ "Our History". The Royal Women's Hospital. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Melbourne Health Media Release Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine 11 April 2005. Accessed April 28, 2007