Royal Adelaide Hospital

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**Royal Adelaide Hospital**
Location
Place	Adelaide, South Australia, (AU)
Organisation
Care System	Medicare (AU)
Hospital Type	Teaching
Affiliated Med.Sch.	University of Adelaide
Services
Emergency Dept.	Yes
Beds	705
Speciality	Burns, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Thoracic medicine and Cardiovascular surgery
History
Founded	1841
Links
Website	Homepage
See also	Hospitals in Australia

The Royal Adelaide Hospital is Adelaide's largest hospital with over 700 beds. It is one of the most advanced Australian Hospitals and many people come from surrounding nations to use Adelaide's world-renowned Burns unit. The Hospital was first built in the 1840's but has developed greatly since. The Hospital is Situated on the Corner of North Terrace and Frome Road. It is next to the Royal Botanic Gardens, The Adelaide Zoo and the Adelaide University. The land which it covers is home to the Adelaide Medical School, Adelaide Dental Hospital, The Hanson Institute and the IMVS.

1 Blocks
2 North Wing
3 East Wing
4 Theatre Block
5 Emergency Block
6 Outpatients
7 See also

[edit] Blocks

Since the Hospital is so large it is split up into many different blocks and Building names.

[edit] North Wing

The North Wing is home to wards Q3-R3-S3 (Orthapedics), Q5 (ENT and Eyes), Q6 (Colorectal Surgery), Q7-R6 (Gastric and Upper GI Surgery), Q8--R7-R8-S7-S8 (Medical), R4A (Spinal), R5 (NeuroSurgery), S6 (Urology/Gynaecology),S2 (Thoracic Medicine) and S5 (Plastics). Radiology can also be found in the North Wing.

[edit] East Wing

The East wing has 10 Wards for Psychiatry, Stroke, Oncology, Cardiology and Vascular Surgery

[edit] Theatre Block

All of the 23 Operating Theatres are in this block. All of the treatment centres for the many Specialities covered can also be found in this block.

[edit] Emergency Block

The Emergency Department and Recovery Rooms are found in this block. This is also the block that has access to the Helipad and Medi-Vac team. The 3 PTL (Patient Transport Lifts) are also in this block which go from Ground Floor, upto the Helipad. The Emergency department has recently undergone a total refurbishment and is now a state of the art Emergency facility.