The Women's and Children's Hospital is located on King William Road in
North Adelaide, Australia.
It is one of the major hospitals in
Adelaide and is a teaching hospital of the
University of Adelaide, the
University of South Australia and
Flinders University
Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...
.
It was created through the amalgamation of the Queen Victoria Hospital and Adelaide Children's Hospital in March 1989. The new (in name) hospital occupies the site of the former Adelaide Children's Hospital.
The hospital is part of the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service along with the Child and Youth Health.
The Children's and adolescents' wards cater for all paediatric specialities. The women's wards cater for
antenatal,
gynaecology
Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...
,
neonatal
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, and
postnatal disciplines.
Th
Women's & Children's Hospital Foundationis the primary charity for the hospital and exists to raise money and invest initiatives that support the care and future health of South Australia's women, babies and children.
The hospital is part of the wider Women's and Children's Health Network, which includes the Child and Family Health Service, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Metropolitan Youth Health, Women's Health, Yarrow Place, Torrens House and Helen Mayo House.
The official Facebook Page of the Women's and Children's Hospital and Health Network i
@WCHNetwork
A new hospital will be built next to the New
Royal Adelaide Hospital, near the river Torrens.
Emergency
The Women's and Children's Hospital Paediatric Emergency Department is open 24 hours, 7 day a week and is located on the ground floor, with access from Kermode Street, Sir Edwin Smith Avenue and Brougham Place.
Wards
;Children's Wards
*4th Floor Medical Ward
*Adolescent Ward
*Boylan Ward
*Brookman Ward
*Campbell Ward
[Architect Alfred Wells designed the Angas Building and Allen Campbell Building.]
*Cassia Ward
*Day of Surgery Admissions
*Newland Ward
*Paediatric Day Surgery Unit
*Rose Ward
*Emergency Extended Care Unit
;Women's Wards
*Antenatal and Gynaecology Ward
*Gynaecology Surgical Day Unit
*Helen Mayo House
*Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
*Postnatal Ward
*Special Care Baby Unit
See also
*
List of hospitals in Australia
*
List of children's hospitals
This is a list of children's hospitals, hospitals that specialize in pediatrics.
A children's hospital is a hospital that offers its services exclusively to children and adolescents. Most children's hospitals can serve people from birth up to t ...
References
External links
Children, Youth and Women's Health ServiceWomen's & Children's Hospital Foundation Inc
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Children's hospitals in Australia
Teaching hospitals in Australia
Hospitals in Adelaide
Hospitals established in 1989
1989 establishments in Australia
North Adelaide
Women's hospitals
Women in Australia