Royal Hospital for Women

The Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) is a specialist hospital for women and babies located in the suburb of Randwick in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1]

This article is about the women's hospital in Sydney. For the hospital in Melbourne, see Royal Women's Hospital.

Royal Hospital for Women
New South Wales Department of Health
Geography
LocationRandwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Coordinates33°55′08″S 151°14′18″E
Organisation
Care systemPublic Medicare (AU)
TypeTeaching, Tertiary Referral
Affiliated universityUniversity of Sydney, University of New South Wales
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Helipads
HelipadICAO: YXSN
Number Length Surface
ft m
1 concrete
2 concrete
History
Opened1820
Links
WebsiteRoyal Hospital for Women
ListsHospitals in Australia

History

The RHW began life in 1820 as a 'lying-in' hospital under auspices of the Benevolent Society. Elizabeth Macquarie, wife of the then Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie chaired a committee of the Society to establish the hospital.[2]

By 1888 the RHW (then known as the Benevolent Society Asylum) became affiliated to the University of Sydney as a training hospital. Between 1901 and 1997 the hospital operated from its site in Paddington, New South Wales before moving to Randwick. In 1904 the hospital was granted royal patronage by King Edward VII and became the Royal Hospital for Women.[3]

Services

The RHW reportedly provides the following services annually:[4]

  • Deliver more than 3,700 babies;
  • Care of more than 600 premature babies;
  • Treat more than 400 women for gynaecological cancer;
  • Provide breast cancer surgery for more than 80 women;
  • Attend to over 450 women requiring acute care services;
  • Help more than 600 women through endo-gynaecological procedures;
  • Provide care for over 10,000 women who rely on a special partnership with the RHW.

The RHW forms a part of the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service[5] and is assisted by the fundraising efforts of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation.[6]

References
  1. "Official Website". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
  2. "Royal Hospital for Women Paddington (The Benevolent Asylum) becomes a teaching hospital for Obstetric training in 1888". The University of Sydney.
  3. "Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington". medfac.usyd.edu.au. University of Sydney. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  4. "Royal Hospital for Women". NSW Govt Trade & Investment. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  5. "Hospitals". NSW Government Health.
  6. "The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation". RHW Foundation.
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