| Mount Druitt Hospital | |
| Blacktown-Mount Druitt Health Sydney West Area Health Service |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Mount Druitt,, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) |
| Hospital type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 200 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
Mount Druitt Hospital is a 200 bed hospital in Sydney suburb of Mount Druitt, New South Wales, Australia. It was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in October 1982, and was designed by Lawrence Nield in 1980.
The hospital consists 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.
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Aside from the wards of medical, surgical and pediatric patients, there are four operating theatres, an Accident and Emergency unit, and Medical Imaging facilities.
Both Mount Druitt Hospital and the near-by Blacktown Hospital operate under one administration, the Blacktown/Mount Druitt Health (BMDH). BMDH is a unit of the Sydney West Area Health Service.
In 2006, the state member Richard Amery announced extensions totalling 10 beds spread throughout various units within the hospital. This included aged care rehabilitation and emergency care. A$2.1 million were allocated to the works however it was clearly identified that the extra facilities would not be opened until the required extra staff had been recruited. [1]