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Royal Hospital for Women

Field	Value
name	Royal Hospital for Women
org_group	New South Wales Department of Health
caption
logo
location	Randwick
region	Sydney
state	NSW
country	AU
coordinates
healthcare	Medicare
funding	Public
type	Teaching, Specialist
speciality	Women's Health and Infant health services
standards
emergency	Yes
affiliation	University of Sydney, University of New South Wales
patron	Elizabeth Macquarie
beds
founded	1820
closed
website
helipad	ICAO: YXSN
h1-number	1
h1-surface	concrete
h2-number	2
h2-surface	concrete
other_links

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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. The Royal Hospital for Women shares the Randwick Hospitals' Campus site with the Prince of Wales Hospital and the Sydney Children's Hospital, as well as the Prince of Wales Private Hospital.

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.{{cite web

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.{{cite web

Services

As of 2011, the RHW reportedly provided the following services annually:{{cite web

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{{cite web

Firsts

On 15 December 2023, the first baby (male) was born in Australia to a mother who received a transplanted uterus. Kristy Bryant received the uterus in January 2023 at the Royal Hospital for Women, and fell pregnant within three months through embryo implantation. The donor was her mother, Michelle.

References

"Official Website".
[https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/prince-of-wales-hospital/womens-and-childrens-services-at-randwick-campus Women's and Children's Services at Randwick Campus]
[https://princeofwalesprivatehospital.com.au/ Prince of Wales Private Hospital]
"The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation".
[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/uterus-transplant-baby-arrives-in-australian-first/103244660 Australia's first uterus transplant recipient Kirsty Bryant gives birth to healthy baby boy], Emma Siossian , [[ABC News Online]], 2023-12-19

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