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Blacktown Hospital is an acute care hospital in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. Together with Mount Druitt Hospital and associated community health centres,〔( Community Health Centre in Blacktown )〕 it is a part of the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD).〔() at WSLHD〕 Blacktown Hospital has approximately 400 beds. It provides a wide range of health services including:〔( Blacktown Hospital services )〕 * Ante-Natal/Gynaecology Unit * Delivery Suite * Post-Natal * Special Care Nursery * Acute Medical * Coronary Care and Coronary Stepdown Unit * Diabetes Center * Acute Rehabilitation * Acute Stroke Unit * Pre-Admission Clinic * Day Procedure Unit * Orthopaedic * Surgical * Surgical/Medical Short Stay Unit * Intensive Care Unit * High Dependency * Oncology Services * Mental Health * Regional Dialysis Centre * Community Health Services including Dental. It operates a 24-hour emergency department and a full Intensive Care Unit and CCU. It also has 24 hour medical imaging and pathology services on site. The hospital is a teaching hospital of the University of Western Sydney's Blacktown-Mount Druitt Clinical School and University of Sydney's Western Clinical School. The Hospital also includes Bungarribee House, a psychiatric unit that, along with Cumberland Hospital provides mental health services to western Sydney. The hospital's sub-acute mental health care facility, called the Melaleuca Unit, opened in 2014. ==Expansion Project== In 2012, the NSW Government announced (Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital Expansion Project Stage 1 ).〔BMDH Project Update No. 1 October 2012〕 The Blacktown Hospital projects include: * A new sub-acute (step-down) mental health care unit called the Melaleuca Unit, completed in 2014 * A new clinical services building for cancer, cardiac, respiratory and aged care including a new cancer care unit, opening in 2016 and under construction by Laing O'Rourke. * A new 600-space car park completed in 2014 * Infrastructure and service enhancements. The new clinical services building will open in 2016; further refurbishment of the existing hospital will be completed in 2016. Stage 2 of the project〔http://www.bmdhproject.health.nsw.gov.au〕 is currently a planning project but is expected to include emergency, operating theatres, intensive care and women's and newborn health. In June 2015, the NSW Government announced an additional $30 million towards the planning of stage 2〔http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/mike-baird-to-spend-record-14-billion-on-hospital-upgrades-in-2015-nsw-budget-20150613-ghn8vm.html〕 in the 2105/16 financial year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blacktown Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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