Mount Druitt Hospital
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Mount Druitt Hospital is a 200 bed hospital in the Mount Druitt suburb of Blacktown (in Western Sydney), Australia. It was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in October 1982.
Both Mt Druitt Hospital and the near-by Blacktown Hospital operate under one administration, the Blacktown/Mt Druitt Health (BMDH). BMDH is a unit of the Sydney West Area Health Service.
Aside from the wards of medical, surgical and pediatric patients, there are four operating theatres, an Accident and Emergency unit, and Medical Imaging facilities.
The ward consist of 120 beds for general medical and surgical use, 62 beds for paediatrics, five intensive care beds, and 13 day-only observation beds. The four operating theatres have eight beds for recovery.
Mt. Druitt Hospital was designed by Lawrence Nield in 1980.
[edit] Awards
- 1993 Royal Australian Institute of Architects NSW Merit Award
