The Women's and Children's Hospital is located on King William Road in

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, Australia. It is one of the major hospitals in

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and is a teaching hospital of the

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, the

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and Flinders University. It was created through the amalgamation of the Queen Victoria Hospital and Adelaide Children's Hospital in March 1989. The new (in name) hospital occupies the site of the former Adelaide Children's Hospital. The hospital is part of the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service along with the Child and Youth Health. The Children's and adolescents' wards cater for all paediatric specialities. The women's wards cater for

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, gynaecology, neonatal, and

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disciplines. Th
Women's & Children's Hospital Foundation
is the primary charity for the hospital and exists to raise money and invest initiatives that support the care and future health of South Australia's women, babies and children. The hospital is part of the wider Women's and Children's Health Network, which includes the Child and Family Health Service, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Metropolitan Youth Health, Women's Health, Yarrow Place, Torrens House and Helen Mayo House. The official Facebook Page of the Women's and Children's Hospital and Health Network i
@WCHNetwork
A new hospital will be built next to the New

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, near the river Torrens.

Emergency

The Women's and Children's Hospital Paediatric Emergency Department is open 24 hours, 7 day a week and is located on the ground floor, with access from Kermode Street, Sir Edwin Smith Avenue and Brougham Place.

Wards

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designed the Angas Building and Allen Campbell Building. *Cassia Ward *Day of Surgery Admissions *Newland Ward *Paediatric Day Surgery Unit *Rose Ward *Emergency Extended Care Unit ;Women's Wards *Antenatal and Gynaecology Ward *Gynaecology Surgical Day Unit *Helen Mayo House *Neonatal Intensive Care Unit *Postnatal Ward *Special Care Baby Unit

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Children, Youth and Women's Health ServiceWomen's & Children's Hospital Foundation Inc
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