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| Sydney Hospital | |
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| South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service | |
 View from Macquarie Street | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°52′05″S 151°12′45″E / 33.868157°S 151.21238°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) |
| Type | General |
| Affiliated university | University of New South Wales University of Sydney |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 113 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1788 (original hospital) 1811 (current site) |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals 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.
- ^ "Sydney Hospital becomes a teaching hospital of the Faculty in 1909". Sydney University. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ Save Sight Institute. University of Sydney Medical School. Retrieved on 11 September 2014.