Royal Hobart Hospital

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Royal Hobart Hospital
Geography
Location	Hobart, (Greater Hobart), Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates	42°52′48″S 147°19′48″E / 42.8799°S 147.3299°E / -42.8799; 147.3299
Organisation
Care system	DHHS
Type	Teaching, Research
Affiliated university	University of Tasmania
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	501
Helipads
Helipad	ICAO: YXHH
Number Length Surface ft m 1 aluminium
History
Opened	1804
Links
Website	Official Website
Lists	Hospitals in Australia

The Royal Hobart Hospital is a public hospital in the Hobart CBD, Tasmania, Australia. The hospital also functions as a teaching hospital in co-operation with the University of Tasmania. The hospital's research facilities are known as the Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation. Also close to the hospital site is the Menzies Research Institute.

The hospital is run by the Tasmanian Government as part of the Department of Health and Human Services and is the largest hospital, and the largest employer, in Tasmania. The hospital provides services for all of southern Tasmania and has capacity for 400 patients. Many statewide services such as cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, major trauma, high-risk obstetrics, hyperbaric medicine, and neonatal intensive care are based at the hospital, with referrals coming in from the north and northwest.

The main entrance underwent construction for a new underground emergency department. This began operation in early 2007 with surrounding construction ongoing. A more recent hospital redevelopment project was initiated with A$565 million in funding, including a new women's and children's precinct, cancer service, intensive care unit, and day surgery facility.^[1]