The Macquarie University Hospital (abbreviated MUH) is a private teaching hospital owned by
Macquarie University
Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of ...
.
The hospital is located within Macquarie University and is the first private hospital to be located on a university campus in Australia. The hospital is located near
Macquarie University railway station
Macquarie University railway station is a metro station located on the Metro North West Line line, serving the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park including the nearby Macquarie University and Macquarie Centre, as well as parts of the suburb of M ...
and is also within the University's
Research Park
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. Construction costs for the hospital were over $200 million including fit-out costs. The hospital comprises 144 beds, 12 operating theatres, and is staffed by over 200 surgeons and medical specialists. It has an imaging centre (MMI imaging) and a radiation oncology unit (Genesis Cancer Care).
There are no emergency services at Macquarie University Hospital. The nearest emergency departments are at Ryde Hospital,
Concord Hospital, or
Royal North Shore Hospital.
Clinical services
The hospital provides inpatient and outpatient services and complements Macquarie University's existing specialisations including cognitive neuropsychology, telemedicine, teleradiology, speech therapy and audiology. It also enhances the University's capabilities in the area of spinal research and the new centre for Spinal and Medical Imaging. It is a fully digitally integrated hospital. It has Australia's first
Gamma Knife
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for advanced radiation therapy, and a cyclotron for the production of radioactive isotopes for medical imaging.
Adjacent to the hospital is the Macquarie University Clinic. The Clinic building is also home to the University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The five-storey research and clinic building is linked to the hospital proper by an air bridge.
See also
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Healthcare in Australia
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Lists of hospitals
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List of hospitals in Australia
References
External links
Macquarie University Hospital WebsiteAustralian School of Advanced Medicine
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Hospital buildings completed in 2010
Macquarie University
Hospitals in Sydney
Teaching hospitals in Australia