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The Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located in St Leonards. It serves as a teaching hospital for Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney and has approximately 740 beds. It is the referral hospital for Northern Sydney. Its primary referral area accommodates 5.7% of the Australian population or 17% of the NSW population. ==History== The Royal North Shore Hospital began as a cottage hospital located in Willoughby Rd, Crows Nest. The foundation stone was laid by Sir Henry Parkes, 18 June 1887. The hospital was opened with accommodation for 14 patients, with the requisite office and rooms for the medical and nursing staff. Medical staff numbered 4 honorary doctors and nursing staff numbered 5. The site of the original hospital was bounded by Willoughby Rd., Albany and Holterman Streets and Zig Zag Lane. The old site is now a busy part of the commercial centre of Crows Nest. In 1902 it opened on its current site at St Leonards, with 48 beds available for patients. New departments and wards were added over the next fifty years, reflecting the increasing diversity and professionalisation of healthcare. Polio treatment pioneer Sister Kenny was invited to set up treatment clinics at the hospital in the mid thirties. However she eventually took her research to America after doctors at the hospital refused to admit that her methods indicated that their own treatments had been damaging.〔 Royal North Shore became a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney in 1947. Currently, the Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) is a 740-bed hospital situated in St Leonards on Sydney's lower North Shore about 6 km from Sydney's Central Business District, surrounded by suburbs with some of the most stunning harbour views of Sydney. RNSH provides care to the local community, the Northern Sydney Health area (population: 777,000), New South Wales and also to the Pacific Island nations. The hospital is a leading research and trauma centre with a particular interest and expertise in cancer diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular disease, spinal cord injury, severe burn injury, neonatal, intensive care, neurosurgery, pain management and anaesthesia. The Kolling Institute of Medical Research is situated at the hospital. RNSH provides postgraduate training in a number of specialties, including medicine, surgery, nursing and allied health. The Hospital is currently undergoing total redevelopment. Approval for construction was given in July 2000. The new clinical services building (The Douglas Building) marks the first stage of the redevelopment of the entire hospital campus. The NSW government has allocated approximately A$450 million for this project, the largest in NSW Health history. This new development is intended to ensure the hospital maintains its role as a health care leader in Australia. The Philippine's most popular actor and singer James Reid was born here. 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 North Shore Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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