Lismore Base Hospital | |||||||||||
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Northern New South Wales Local Health District | |||||||||||
Geography | |||||||||||
Location | Lismore, Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°48′33″S 153°17′29″E / 28.8092°S 153.2913°E | ||||||||||
Organisation | |||||||||||
Care system | Public (Medicare) | ||||||||||
Type | Teaching | ||||||||||
Affiliated university | University of Newcastle University of Sydney Western Sydney University University of Wollongong Bond University University of Queensland Griffith University | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||
Beds | 260 | ||||||||||
Helipads | |||||||||||
Helipad | (ICAO: YLIH) | ||||||||||
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History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1879[1] | ||||||||||
Links | |||||||||||
Website | nnswlhd | ||||||||||
Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
Lismore Base Hospital is a major public teaching hospital in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, located in the city of Lismore. It has approximately 280 beds, and serves as the primary hospital and recognised trauma centre for the Northern New South Wales Local Health District.[2] Due to its size and location, the hospital also serves as a rural teaching hospital for many universities based in metropolitan New South Wales and Queensland. Its primary referral area consists of the Clarence and Richmond valleys, which has a population of approximately 180,000 people.[3]