Sydney Hospital

Sydney Hospital
South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service
Map
Geography
LocationMacquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°52′05″S 151°12′45″E / 33.868157°S 151.21238°E / -33.868157; 151.21238
Organisation
Care systemPublic Medicare (AU)
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityUniversity of New South Wales University of Sydney
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds113
History
Opened1788 (original hospital)
1811 (current site)
Links
ListsHospitals in Australia

Sydney Hospital, historically known as the Rum Hospital, is a major hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Macquarie Street in the Sydney central business district. It is the oldest hospital in Australia, dating back to 1788, and has been at its current location since 1811. It first received the name Sydney Hospital in 1881.

Currently the hospital comprises 113 inpatient beds. There are about 400 staff members. Specialist services attract patients from all over New South Wales. It specialises in ophthalmology and hand surgery and is a referral hospital for patients requiring these services. It also houses a rudimentary 6-bed Emergency Department.

Sydney Hospital became a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney in 1909.[1] Sydney Hospital is associated with Sydney Medical School of the University of Sydney through the Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health and Save Sight Institute.[2] It is also the location of a number of research institutes associated with the University, including the Heart Research Institute, the Centenary Institute for Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, the Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology and the General Endocrinology Group.

  1. ^ "Sydney Hospital becomes a teaching hospital of the Faculty in 1909". Sydney University. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ Save Sight Institute. University of Sydney Medical School. Retrieved on 11 September 2014.