Flinders Medical Centre

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Flinders Medical Centre
Flinders Medical Centre, looking towards the main entrance
Geography
Location	Flinders Dr, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
Organisation
Care system	Public Medicare (AU)
Type	General
Services
Emergency department	24 hour
Beds	593
History
Opened	1976
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Australia

Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) is a major public tertiary hospital and teaching school, co-located with Flinders University and the 130 bed Flinders Private Hospital located at Bedford Park, South Australia. It opened in 1976. It serves as the trauma centre for the southern suburbs, and parts of the Adelaide Hills. An around-the-clock emergency retrieval service brings patients to FMC by road or helicopter.^[1]

FMC is part of the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) which includes the Noarlunga Hospital, Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia and a range of outreach and community-based services.