The Fairfield Hospital is a district

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located in

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, a western suburb of

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. Located in the

City of Fairfield The Fairfield City Council is a local government area in the west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The council was first incorporated as the "Municipal District of Smithfield and Fairfield" on 8 December 1888, and the coun ...

, it has about 200 beds and provides general medical, physiotherapy, general surgical, obstetric, paediatric, emergency, ambulatory care, and drug health services. In addition to its district hospital level role, Fairfield Hospital hosts two major specialist units. It hosts the major specialist

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unit for South Western Sydney. It is also the major elective orthopaedic surgery site for the area, and is the host of the Whitlam Joint Replacement Centre. Patients from Fairfield can also be transferred to

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, which is the second largest hospital in the state with 900+ beds and significantly larger surgical & life support services available. An onsit
academic unit
affiliated with UNSW (University of New South Wales)

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provides general practice services, medical education and training, and conducts primary care, health services and health informatics research.Fairfield Hospital, South Western Sydney Clinical School
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History

The hospital opened at its current location in

in 1988, after relocating from the old site on

The Horsley Drive The Horsley Drive is a urban sealed road located in the City of Fairfield in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The road's northwestern terminus is located at the entrance of Western Sydney Parklands in and its southeastern te ...

in Fairfield.

References

External links

Fairfield Hospital - Bureau of Health Information
Hospitals in Sydney Hospitals with year of establishment missing {{NewSouthWales-struct-stub

History

See also

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