Royal North Shore Hospital

Name :

Royal North Shore Hospital

Address  :

Reserve Road

Town  :

St Leonards

State  :

New South Wales

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

2065

Phone  :

61 2 9926 7111

Web URL  :


Description

Overview
Royal North Shore Hospital together with Ryde Hospital form the Royal North Shore and Ryde Health Service

Established in 1885 RNSH and its associated health services meet the health needs of four local government areas Mosman Willoughby Lane Cove and North Sydney RNSH is also the major postgraduate teaching and research facility in Northern Sydney Health RNSH is affiliated with the University of Sydney Northern Clinical School and the University of Technology Sydney nursing education and many staff hold conjoint appointments

RNSH has some statewide responsibility for clinical services in pain management and research cardiology severe burn injury neonatal intensive care spinal cord injury highrisk obstetrics interventional neuroradiology and cerebrovascular embolisation

The hospital is one of the states major trauma centres and provides local and statewide trauma services for patients suffering multiple traumas This service is complemented by comprehensive intensive care and diagnostic clinical support services



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