Westmead Trauma Centre

Name :

Westmead Trauma Centre

Address  :

crn Hawkesbury & Darcy Road

Town  :

Westmead

State  :

New South Wales

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

2145

Phone  :

61 2 9845 7072

Fax  :

61 2 9845 8321

Web URL  :


Description

Westmead Hospital opened in 1978 with 975 beds as a Specialised Tertiary Referral Hospital and Level I Trauma Centre for Greater Western Sydney which has a population of over 25 million people and 8 local government areas The Hospital includes a Dental School Redbank House a separate unit for emotionally disturbed children a stand alone Brain Injury Facility and Careflight Helicopter Retrieval Services

The Millennium Research Institute Parramatta Coroners Court and a large Medical Library complement the extensive clinical services provided There is also onsite accommodation for patients relatives at Casuarina Lodge as well as a number of commercial outlets and numerous multistorey staff residential buildings accommodating 540 people Patients are admitted by referral and through an extensive Emergency and Outpatients service

The Hospital has staff recreational facilities with a Clubhouse on the oval swimming pool and tennis courts Sharing our campus is the Major Paediatric Referral Hospital and Trauma Centre the New South Wales Newborn and Paediatric Emergency Transport Service NETS and Cumberland Hospital a facility for patients suffering mental illness



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