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Royal Adelaide Hospital
Map
Geography
StandortAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
Organisation
Care systemPublic Medicare (AU)
TypGeneral, Teaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Adelaide
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds800
HelipadYes
History
OpenedNRAH opened on September 2017 and at the same time the older one closed
Links
ListsHospitals in Australia

The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is South Australia's largest hospital. The RAH provides tertiary health care services for South Australia and provides secondary care clinical services to residents of Adelaide's city centre and inner suburbs.

New hospital

Building

Completed in 2017, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital (nRAH) is located on a 10 hectares (25 acres) former railyards site within the Adelaide Park Lands. It is situated on the north side of North Terrace and west of Morphett Street.[1] Starting construction in 2011, it cost more than A$2 billion, making it one of the most expensive buildings ever built.[2]

More than 6,000 staff are expected to work at the hospital,[1] and all rooms are single patient suites with private bathroom facilities. There are 40 operating theatres, each measuring 65m2.[3] The nRAH is technologically advanced, with a fleet of automated robotic vehicles to help move supplies, meals and equipment around the hospital, and a tailor made patient electronic medical record (EMR). [4]

The hospital was designed to achieve a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to equivalent hospitals. A co-generation system uses waste heat from energy generators for the domestic hot water system. Orientation of the buildings is optimised to minimise solar thermal loads, with extensive daylight penetration to reduce artificial lighting requirements. Rainwater and stormwater harvesting is used to offset potable water requirements, along with extensive use of water sensitive landscaping and a water efficient thermal plant.[4]

The new hospital was initially to be renamed "Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Hospital" after the former Governor of South Australia, however, in 2009 the RAH name was retained after public opposition and at the former governor's request.[5]

BioMed City

The new RAH forms the largest part of Adelaide's emerging biomedical precinct called BioMed City. Other recently completed facilities in the precinct include the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), the University of Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences building, the University of South Australia's Health Innovation Building, and the state's Dental Hospital.[6][7][8] SAHMRI is building $300 million second facility due to be completed by 2022 to house Australian Bragg Centre with Australia's first proton therapy unit.[9] There are also plans for the Women's and Children's Hospital to be relocated to the precinct adjacent the RAH by 2024.[10]

History

Original hospital

Royal Adelaide Hospital
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Map
Geography
StandortAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
Coordinates34°55′12″S 138°36′33″E / 34.9199°S 138.6091°E / -34.9199; 138.6091
Organisation
TypTeaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Adelaide
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds680[11]
History
Opened1841
Closed2017
Links
ListsHospitals in Australia
The East Wing of the old RAH

The Adelaide Hospital was founded in the Adelaide Park Lands on the north side of North Terrace between Frome Road and the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in 1856,[12] and was officially proclaimed "Royal" on 2 November 1939.[13] It was adjacent to both the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. Its campus was also home to the University of Adelaide's Medical School, the Hanson Institute and SA Pathology.

Special facilities

These facilities related to the old (pre-2017) establishment:

  • C-Max (private medical research company)[citation needed]
  • The Department of Radiation Oncology contains 5 bunkers containing Varian linear accelerators.[citation needed]
  • The Burns Unit (the only international Burns Unit to be verified by the American Burn Association).[citation needed]
  • The Royal Adelaide Hospital is the only provider of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in South Australia.[14] Its Hyperbaric Medical Unit (HMU) has been in operation since 1985 and has been in its current location since 2001.[14][15] The principal treatment equipment is a pair of twin-lock, multiplace hyperbaric chambers. One of these chambers was the first rectangular steel chamber in Australia.[16][17] The HMU co-ordinates the Divers Emergency Service (DES), a telephone-based consultation service for diving-related matters within Australia, the Southern Pacific and Southeast Asia.[18]

Lot Fourteen

The old Hospital site, known as Lot Fourteen, is being developed into a new "innovation hub", incorporating a hub of work spaces, a new Australian National Aboriginal Art and Culture Gallery along with a contemporary art space, a centre for tourism, hospitality and food studies, and temporary accommodation for visiting entrepreneurs, researchers and scientists.[19]

In June 2019, Adelaide City Council raised concerns about the proposed exemption from paying rates by businesses on the site, after RenewalSA had announced plans for a proposed 250-room hotel at the site.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b HOME | SA Health Partnership
  2. ^ Campbell-Dollaghan, Kelsey (5 December 2014). "Australia Has Two Of The Most Expensive Buildings Ever Built". Gizmodo Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  3. ^ New Royal Adelaide Hospital, CPB Contractors
  4. ^ a b "New Royal Adelaide Hospital". www.designinc.com.au. DesignInc. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. ^ Owen, Michael (7 June 2007). "800 beds, helipad and train station: Our 'Marj' hospital". The Advertiser. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Adelaide BioMed City". www.healthindustries.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "South Australian Health and Biomedical Precinct". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "SAHMRI 2". Commercial & General. Commercial & General. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  10. ^ Puddy, Rebecca (30 July 2018). "New women's and children's hospital could cost twice Royal Adelaide Hospital per bed, estimate shows". ABC News. ABC Radio Adelaide. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  11. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-24/new-royal-adelaide-hospital-all-you-need-to-know/8206416
  12. ^ "Royal Adelaide Hospital". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 18 July 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 3 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ ""Royal Adelaide Hospital" Now". The News. Vol. XXXIII, , no. 5, 078. South Australia. 2 November 1939. p. 9. Retrieved 3 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  14. ^ a b "Hyperbaric Medicine Unit". Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Acott, C (1992). "Clinical review Royal Adelaide Hospital hyperbaric medicine unit 1990". Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society. 22 (1). Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  16. ^ "Divers Emergency Service". Archived from the original on 11 March 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Williamson, JA (1994). "Royal Adelaide Hospital Hyperbaric Medicine Unit: A progress report". Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society. 24 (1). Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  18. ^ "Hyperbaric Medicine Unit". Royal Adelaide Hospital. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Lot Fourteen". RenewalSA. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  20. ^ Richards, Stephanie (12 June 2019). "Council concern over rates-free hotel at Lot Fourteen". InDaily. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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