Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital is

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with tertiary affiliations to the

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and

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providing a wide range of general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services to the Bankstown/Canterbury community. It is part of

South Western Sydney Local Health District South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

History

It was built next to the former Bankstown Hospital which opened in 1957,History of Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
South Western Sydney Local Health District This was later demolished. It became part of the South Western Sydney Local Health District in January 2011 following National Health Reform replacing the former

Sydney South West Area Health Service Sydney South West Area Health Service, abbreviated SSWAHS and known by the corporate name Sydney South West Health, was an area health service charged with the provision of public health services in central and south-western Sydney. It was formed ...

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External links

South Western Sydney Local Health District website
Hospital buildings completed in 1996 Hospitals in Sydney Bankstown, New South Wales Hospitals established in 1996 1996 establishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-struct-stub

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