Royal Perth Hospital was the first Hospital established in Western Australia, and is its largest teaching hospital.
It is one of Australia's largest and busiest 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 (about 4,700 full-time equivalent), which includes world and national leaders in several areas, as well as more than 500 volunteers in the "Friends of RPH" service.
The Hospital has on average 530 medical and surgical day and multi-day beds, with another 49 intensive/high dependency beds (with another 190 at the Shenton Park Campus).
The Hospital treats about 77,000 in-patients a year, receives about 298,000 outpatient attendances a year, and has one of the busiest Emergency Departments in Australia, with more than 58,000 presentations a year.
RPH provides services to adults in all clinical fields (except obstetrics) and provides state-wide services in several areas, including:
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Languages:English,Armenian
Address:Royal Perth Hospital,Wellington
Street Campus,Perth, Western Australia, 6001
City:Perth
Country:Australia
Contact Number:(+61) 08 9224 2244
Fax No:(+61) 08 9224 3511
Email address:rph.feedback@health.wa.gov.au
Website:http://www.rph.wa.gov.au/
RPH's world-leading medical contributions include: