Sutherland Hospital is a district general hospital, It has the part of the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District and is located in
Caringbah
Caringbah is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Caringbah is south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire.
Caringbah once stretched from Woolooware Bay o ...
, a
southern suburb of
Sydney
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,
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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. The hospital has a
general medicine,
general surgery
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,
obstetrics
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and
gynaecology
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,
paediatrics, aged care, rehabilitation and
psychiatry
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...
service. It is a teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales.
History
The hospital was established in 1958 as a four-storey building with 3 wings, in an identical layout to the former
Bankstown Hospital, which was constructed at about the same time. The hospital building was allowed to become run-down, and the lack of air conditioning and modern facilities prompted a redevelopment in the early 2000s. A new hospital building was constructed behind the original hospital in 2003–4, with the original hospital later demolished. However the northern end of the building, containing the Emergency Department remains part of the old hospital building, the new building extended onto the old one.
Transport
Sutherland Hospital can be accessed by bus services, operated by two companies.
U-Go Mobility operates routes between
Caringbah railway station and
Westfield Miranda.
Transit Systems
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History
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services provide a link from Westfield Miranda to
Rockdale station.
The hospital lies between two railway stations, Caringbah and
Miranda, and the section is one of the longest between stations. A proposed railway station near the hospital has been discussed in the community. A 2002 joint study between
Sutherland Shire Council and the
State Rail Authority
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History
The ''Transport Authorities A ...
was rejected, and was said to cost about $35 million. In 2014, a proposal for the station costing $20 million was designed, which included two side platforms, street access and a direct ramp to the hospital, and involve an additional minute travel time on the
Cronulla railway line.
See also
*
List of hospitals in Australia
References
Hospital buildings completed in 1958
Hospitals in Sydney
Hospitals established in 1958
1958 establishments in Australia
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