| Royal Hospital for Women | |||||||||||||||
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| New South Wales Department of Health | |||||||||||||||
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| Geography | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°55′08″S151°14′18″E / 33.918895°S 151.238215°E /-33.918895; 151.238215 | ||||||||||||||
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| Care system | PublicMedicare (AU) | ||||||||||||||
| Funding | Public hospital | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Teaching, Specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliated university | University of Sydney,University of New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Patron | Elizabeth Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
| Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Helipad | ICAO: YXSN | ||||||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1820 | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Royal Hospital for Women | ||||||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia | ||||||||||||||
TheRoyal Hospital for Women (RHW) is a specialisthospital for women and babies located in the suburb ofRandwick inSydney,New South Wales,Australia.[1] The Royal Hospital for Women shares the Randwick Hospitals' Campus site with thePrince of Wales Hospital and theSydney Children's Hospital, as well as the Prince of Wales Private Hospital.[2][3]
The RHW began life in 1820 as a "lying-in" hospital under auspices of theBenevolent Society.Elizabeth Macquarie, wife of the thenGovernor of New South WalesLachlan Macquarie chaired a committee of the Society to establish the hospital.[4]
By 1888 the RHW (then known as the Benevolent Society Asylum) became affiliated to theUniversity of Sydney as a training hospital. Between 1901 and 1997 the hospital operated from its site inPaddington, New South Wales before moving to Randwick. In 1904 the hospital was granted royal patronage byKing Edward VII and became the Royal Hospital for Women.[5]
As of 2011, the RHW reportedly provided the following services annually:[6]
The RHW forms a part of theSouth Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service[7] and is assisted by the fundraising efforts of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation.[8]
On 15 December 2023, the first baby (male) was born inAustralia to a mother who received a transplanteduterus. Kristy Bryant received the uterus in January 2023 at the Royal Hospital for Women, and fell pregnant within three months throughembryo implantation. The donor was her mother, Michelle.[9]
