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The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is Adelaide's (and South Australia's) largest hospital, with 680 beds. Founded in 1840, the Royal Adelaide provides tertiary health care services for South Australia and provides secondary care clinical services to residents of Adelaide's city centre and inner suburbs. The hospital is situated in the Adelaide Park Lands on the north side of North Terrace between Frome Road and the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. It is next to both the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. The land which it covers is also home to the University of Adelaide's Medical School, the Adelaide Dental Hospital, The Hanson Institute and the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science. It is also in close proximity to the Adelaide Zoo. ==The new Royal Adelaide Hospital== In June 2006 South Australian Premier Mike Rann announced that the government would replace the RAH with a new $1.7 billion hospital, to be called the Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Hospital,〔ABC News, Wednesday 6 June 2006〕 however the decision to name the new hospital after South Australia's former governor was reversed in 2009.〔(No Cookies | The Advertiser )〕〔(Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian )〕 In June 2007, plans were unveiled by the State Government to build a new central hospital for Adelaide to replace the Royal Adelaide Hospital. To be completed in 2016, the new hospital will be built on the railyards in the Adelaide Park Lands on the north side of North Terrace, between Morphett Street and West Terrace. Plans to build the new hospital proved extremely controversial, with strong political opposition to the change in location and name.〔 In response the state government changed its position and agreed to maintain the original RAH name.〔 However, the issue dominated the 2010 state election campaign, with the two major parties and some minor parties (Save the RAH) fighting over whether to build a new hospital or redevelop the existing site.〔Tory Sheppard, Adelaide Now, 15 March 2010〕 The State Government plans that the current Royal Adelaide Hospital will close when the new hospital is completed, and some of the land currently occupied by the hospital will be returned to the Park Lands and incorporated into the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.〔(Hospital land may be turned into gardens ), Sydney Morning Herald, 11 June 2007, Accessed 13/6/7〕 In February 2010, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and SA Premier Mike Rann revealed plans for the $200 million SA Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) to be built alongside the new Royal Adelaide Hospital at the rail yards.〔Brad Crouch, Adelaide Now, 27 February 2010〕 The new hospital will have 800 beds (700 overnight, 100 same day), an increase from 680 beds (650 overnight and 30 same day) on the current site, providing the capacity to admit approximately 85,000 inpatients see 400,000 outpatients per year.〔(new Royal Adelaide Hospital )〕〔(HOME | SA Health Partnership )〕〔(About new RAH | About the Hospital )〕 6,000 staff are expected to work at the hospital.〔 The hospital grounds will encompass 10 hectares within central Adelaide.〔 Upon completion, it is set to be the 3rd most expensive building in the world, costing approximately $2.1 billion AUD. Upon completion it will be Australia's most advanced hospital and South Australia's single largest infrastructure project〔 All beds in the new hospital will be single inpatient beds. It will have 40 operating theatres.〔 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「Royal Adelaide Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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