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| Fairfield Hospital | |||||||||||
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| South Western Sydney Local Health District | |||||||||||
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| Geography | |||||||||||
| Location | Prairiewood, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°51′35″S150°54′15″E / 33.8596°S 150.9043°E | ||||||||||
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| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) | ||||||||||
| Type | District General | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||
| Beds | 200 | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | (ICAO: YFHO) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1988 | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official Website | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia | ||||||||||
Fairfield Hospital is a general hospital located in Prairiewood, in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located in the City of Fairfield, it has about 200 beds and provides general medical, physiotherapy, general surgical, obstetric, paediatric, emergency, ambulatory care, and drug health services.
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In addition to its district hospital level role, Fairfield Hospital hosts two major specialist units. It hosts the major specialist hand surgery unit for South Western Sydney. It is also the major elective orthopaedic surgery site for the area, and is the host of the Whitlam Joint Replacement Centre. Patients from Fairfield can also be transferred to Liverpool Hospital, which is the second largest hospital in the state with 900+ beds and significantly larger surgical & life support services available.
An onsite academic unit affiliated with UNSW (University of New South Wales) Medicine provides general practice services, medical education and training, and conducts primary care, health services and health informatics research. [1]
