Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

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Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Queensland Health (Metro North Health)
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Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Geography
LocationButterfield Street, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°26′49″S153°01′42″E / 27.4469°S 153.0283°E / -27.4469; 153.0283
Organisation
Care system Public Medicare (AU)
Type Teaching
Affiliated university
Services
Emergency department Yes (adult only)
Beds929 acute inpatient [1]
Helipad Yes (ICAO: YRBC & YRBH)
History
Former name(s)Royal Brisbane Hospital
Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital
Brisbane General Hospital
Bowen Hospital
Opened2003 as RBWH
Links
Website metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh
Lists Hospitals in Australia

The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) is a tertiary public hospital located in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by Metro North Health, part of the Queensland Health network. [2] The hospital has 929 beds, and it is estimated that 65% of the patients served come from within 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) of the hospital. [1] It is the second largest hospital in Australia, and is a major teaching and research hospital. [3] [4]

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The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital is located in the broader the Herston Health Precinct, which includes other facilities such as the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS).

History

The main building of the Bowen Hospital as it was initially known, was designed by Charles Tiffin and others. [5] For a time it was also known as Brisbane General Hospital. In the 19th century the hospital dealt with some severe cases of tropical diseases due to Queensland's predominantly tropical climate. [5]

The hospital was created by the merging of the Royal Brisbane Hospital and the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital in 2003. [6] The women's hospital was demolished first, in 1998, to make way for the new building, after which the acute hospital was demolished. In the same year the hospital precinct was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. [7]

In January 2008, there was a public health scare over concerns about lead levels at the hospital. Concerns were dismissed by Queensland Health after air and surface swabs carried out found lead levels were safely below recommended standards. [8]

In February 2008, the hospital was hit with an outbreak of an antibiotic resistant bug, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus or VRE. The hospital closed two 30-bed wards to new admissions in early December after 21 patients tested positive to VRE, while staff contained spread of the bacteria. [9]

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