| Royal Hobart Hospital | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hobart, (Greater Hobart), Tasmania, Australia, Australia |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | DHHS |
| Hospital type | Teaching, Research |
| Affiliated university | University of Tasmania Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes, A+E, Intensive Care |
| Beds | 501 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1804 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/stahs/rhh |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) is a public hospital located the in Hobart CBD, Tasmania, Australia. The RHH also functions as a teaching hospital in co-operation with University of Tasmania. The hospital's research facilities are known as the RHH Research Foundation.
The hospital is run by the Tasmanian Government. The RHH is the largest hospital, and the largest employer, in Tasmania. The hospital provides services for all of southern Tasmania and has the capacity to facilitate 400 patients.
The main entrance had undergone construction for a new underground emergency department. This began operation in early 2007 with surrounding construction ongoing. A more recent RHH Redevelopment Project had been initiated with A$565 million in funding, including a new women's and children's precint, cancer service, intensive care unit, and day surgery facility.
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Royal Hobart Hospital is Australia's second oldest hospital (after Sydney Hospital) and first began in 1804, but didn't move to its current site until 1820.
The Repatriation General Hospital, Hobart was transferred to the Tasmanian public hospital system on 1 July 1992 and linked to the RHH through the Acute Care Program following the formation of the new agency.[1]
In November 1999 the Queen Alexandra wing was leased to become the Hobart Private Hospital.