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FAST FACTS |
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Royal Perth
Hospital celebrated its 150th anniversary on 14 July 2005 |
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Royal Perth
Hospital has the second largest trauma workload in
Australia |
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The original
cost of the building was £4,782 |
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RPH employs
around 7,000 staff and has more than 550 beds |
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RPH managed
more than 500 major trauma cases in 2006 |
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68% of major
trauma admissions to RPH in 2006 were transfers from other
hospitals |
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30 trauma
patients were delivered to RPH by helicopter in 2006 |
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The $3
million Telstra Burns Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
Unit was opened only 3 years ago |
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ABOUT RPHRoyal Perth Hospital has a long and distinguished history of great service and
dedication to the West Australian public.
It was the first hospital established in Western Australia, and is the State’s
largest teaching hospital.
The hospital opened on July 14 1855 and was named the Colonial Hospital, before
it was renamed Perth Public Hospital, Perth Hospital and, in 1946, Royal Perth
Hospital.
RPH is one of Australia’s largest hospitals, with the second largest
trauma workload in the country and one of the busiest Emergency Departments in
Australasia.
It has a distinguished international record in patient care, teaching and
research, hosting Nobel Prize-winning research and world-leading experts in
areas such as stroke, burns care and HIV research.
RPH employs about 7000 staff members, which includes world and national leaders
in several areas, as well as more than 500 volunteers in the "Friends of RPH"
service.
The hospital treats about 73,000
in-patients a year, receives about 225,000 outpatient attendances
a year, and has one of the busiest Emergency Departments in
Australia, with more than 55,000 presentations a year.
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