Liverpool Hospital

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Front entrance of Liverpool Hospital

Liverpool Hospital is a 550-bed public hospital located in south western Sydney, Australia. It is a teaching hospital of the South Western Sydney Clinical School (SWSCS) of the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Liverpool Hospital is part of the Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS) and is located on Elizabeth St in Liverpool, New South Wales. Liverpool Hospital is a primary health service of south western Sydney and as such receives the majority of trauma cases within this part of Sydney, if not from other areas also.

[edit] History

Liverpool Hospital was originally run as a hospital for soldiers and convicts, starting as a tent hospital in the 1790s. The first brick hospital was established in 1813 on land besides the Georges River and a larger stone hospital building was designed by Francis Greenway, built by convict labour and was opened in 1825. This building is currently occupied by South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, and located next to the current Hospital. The entrance hall of the TAFE includes pictures of the campus during the early years of this century.

The existing hospital building incorporates the Don Everett buiding (1975), Ron Dunbier House student and nursing accommodation (1979), Alex Grimson (1983), Health Services Building (1992), South Western Pathology Service (1993), Caroline Chisholm Centre for Women and Babies (1994), Cancer Therapy Centre (1995), Brain Injury Unit (1995), Clinical Building (1997) and Mental Health Unit (2005).

The Hospital became a principal teaching hospital of UNSW in 1989. Liverpool Hospital will also become a Teaching Hospital of the new University of Western Sydney Clinical School.