Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, is an Australian
children's hospital
A children's hospital (CH) is a hospital that offers its services exclusively to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth up to until age 18, and through age 21 and older in the United States. In certain special cases, the ...
located in the
eastern suburbs of
Sydney
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,
New South Wales
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.
On 1 July 2010 it became part of the newly formed Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (Randwick and Westmead) incorporating
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and the children's
hospice
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Bear Cottage.
The Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, is located approximately 6 kilometres from the
Sydney Central Business District
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in the suburb of
Randwick. Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, is also a major teaching hospital and is a teaching facility for the
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949.
The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...
. The Sydney Children's Hospital shares the Randwick Hospitals' Campus site with the
Prince of Wales Hospital and the
Royal Hospital for Women, as well as the Prince of Wales Private Hospital.
History
The Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, had its origins in 1852 with the formation of the Society for Destitute Children, which established the Asylum for Destitute Children with the first building opened on 21 March 1858 in Paddington. After an appeal for funds in 1870, the Catherine Hayes Hospital opened. The hospital's primary intention was to care for children that suffered from illness, poverty and famine.
As the hospital grew the children's hospital became a wing of the larger general hospital. In 1915, during the First World War the hospital was converted by the NSW Government into a military hospital and then a repatriation hospital, and renamed the Fourth Australian Repatriation Hospital. In 1927, an association between the Coast Hospital and the Fourth Australian Repatriation Hospital at Randwick began. With the opening of the
Concord Repatriation General Hospital in 1953, the hospital was renamed the Prince of Wales Hospital, with the attached children's hospital becoming known as the Prince of Wales Children's Hospital.
In 1964 the Prince of Wales Children's Hospital was founded as an independent hospital by Professor John Beveridge, who had the goal of creating a second Sydney children's hospital dedicated to caring for children. That same year the hospital became the teaching hospital for the University of New South Wales. In 1994 the hospital underwent a $46.5 million (AUD) redevelopment, greatly increasing the capabilities of the hospital.
On Friday 12 June 1998, the Prince of Wales Children's Hospital officially became known as the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, when the then
Premier of New South Wales
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,
Bob Carr
Robert John Carr (born 28 September 1947) is an Australian retired politician and journalist who served as the 39th Premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, as the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party, New South Wales branch of the A ...
, and Health Minister,
Andrew Refshauge, officially opened the hospital. In 2003, the hospital opened a community child health facility on the Randwick campus that provides services for children with developmental disabilities, mental health disorders and other behavioural issues. In 2010, the hospital was transferred from the administration of the South-East Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service to the newly formed 'Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (Randwick and Westmead) incorporating
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead'.
Telethon
The ''Gold Week Telethon'' is an annual telethon established in 2010 with proceeds benefiting the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick.
See also
*
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
*
List of hospitals in Australia
References
External links
Sydney Children's Hospitals NetworkSydney Children's Hospital, RandwickThe Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick
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Hospital buildings completed in 1870
Children's hospitals in Australia
Teaching hospitals in Australia
Hospitals in Sydney
Hospitals established in 1852
1852 establishments in Australia
Randwick, New South Wales