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  Sydney Hospital | Sydney Sights & Activities | Fodor's Online Travel Guide
By all accounts, admission to the Rum Hospital was only slightly preferable to death itself.
The kitchen sometimes doubled as a mortuary, and the table was occasionally used for operations.
In front of the hospital is a bronze figure of a boar.
www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=sydney@153&cur_section=sig&property_id=57953   (162 words)

  
  Sydney Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A portable hospital which was prefabricated in England from wood and copper arrived in Sydney with the Second Fleet in 1790.
In 1993-5 the museum was re-developed as the Sydney Mint Museum, focussing on the impact of the Gold Rush years on New South Wales and the role of The Mint as a coining factory.
Ms Osburn was described by her successor at Sydney Hospital, Miss McKay, as "an exceptional woman" who regarded nursing "as the highest employment" to be entered with "a spirit of devotion".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sydney_Hospital   (2259 words)

  
 Sydney Adventist Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sydney Adventist Hospital, or commonly The San, is a large private hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Fox Valley Road in Wahroonga.
The hospital is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, whose Australian headquarters are located in the immediate vicinity of The San.
The hospital is known for the quality of its health care and its advocacy of vegetarian diets for its patients and visitors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sydney_Adventist_Hospital   (176 words)

  
 Sydney Travel Guide | Fodor's Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Sydney belongs to the exclusive club of world cities that generate a sense of excitement from the air.
Even at the end of a marathon flight across the Pacific, there's renewed vitality in the cabin as the plane circles the city, crossing the branching fingers of the harbor, where thousands of yachts are suspended on the dark water and the sails of the Opera House glisten in the distance.
Sydney's panache and appetite for life are unchallenged in the Australian context.
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 Historic Buildings - City of Sydney
This sandstone structure was built on the shores of Sydney Cove in 1815-16 as the 'Coxswain's Barracks'.
The Sydney Town Hall is possibly the only non-religious city building to retain its original function and interiors since it was built 120 years ago.
While care is taken to ensure accuracy, the City of Sydney cannot guarantee that information expressed here is correct and recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to its use.
www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au /AboutSydney/HistoryAndArchives/SydneyHistory/HistoricBuildings   (499 words)

  
 Attractions in Sydney - Sydney Opera House & Sydney Harbour Bridge - Sydney By Travel Online
The Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, are possibly Sydney's best-known landmarks and international symbols.
Sydney has a large Chinese community, originally made up of Cantonese speakers from southern China who arrived in the 1850s Gold Rush era and stayed.
Sydney's Chinatown is a bustling enclave of restaurants, shops and supermarkets on the southern fringe of the city area between George Street and Darling Harbour.
www.sydney.visitorsbureau.com.au /page5.html   (1941 words)

  
 Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Sydney's Westmead Hospital is the largest teaching hospital in the South Hemisphere with an international reputation for medical and scientific research.
Redevelopment of Westmead Hospital began in 2004: Stage 1 is a $130 million project involving a mix of new and refurbished facilities for intensive care, women's health and newborn care, and cancer and renal treatments.
The original plan for the Westmead Hospital redevelopment was to add one new genset to the existing two generators - units that had been in service since the hospital was opened in 1978.
www.cummins.com /au/pages/en/mediaresources/pressreleases/hospital.cfm   (594 words)

  
 Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital is proud to be:
The Sydney Hospital site was also home to the first nursing school in Australia, founded by Lucy Osburn, who was sent to the colony by Florence Nightingale following a request by the colonial government.
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital have moved with the changes to the NSW Health system.
www.sesahs.nsw.gov.au /sydhosp/History.asp   (236 words)

  
 : : Historic Houses Trust - Rum Hospital 1811 - 1854 : :
To finance the construction of the General Hospital the authority to import 45 000 gallons of rum was granted to the contractors — Garnham Blaxcell, Alexander Riley and D’arcy Wentworth (the Principal Surgeon) — and as a result the buildings became known as the Rum Hospital.
A Dispensary to provide for the treatment of paupers in Sydney was established in the south wing in 1845 however this was short-lived, returning to the central wing wing in 1848.
In 1854 Joseph Trickett, acting as Clerk of Works for the construction of the Royal Mint Sydney branch, proposed that the south wing of the hospital be converted to offices for The Mint and the coining factory buildings be constructed behind it.
www.hht.net.au /museums/the_mint/history/rum_hospital   (469 words)

  
 Central Clinical School - Sydney Eye
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital is Australia's oldest hospital and dates from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
Today, Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospitals' modern facilities and professional staff provide a strong blend of general and specialist medical services for the public.
The Sydney Eye Hospital Outpatient and Emergency Service provide a comprehensive ophthalmology service incorporating consultation, diagnostic and treatment services together with facilities for adults and children of all ages.
www.centralclinicalschool.org /hospitals/sydneyeye.cfm   (244 words)

  
 Lucent Technologies comes to aid of children in hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
So we welcome the opportunity to assist the young patients at the hospital who are cut off from the usual information sources of their home and school," Meddows said.
Elizabeth Crundall, chief Executive of Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation, said the donation allowed the hospital to move a step closer to meeting the educational needs of its many young patients.
Each year, the demand on the hospital to replace or buy the newest equipment and fund medical research grows, as does the number of children it cares for.
www.lucent.com /press/0798/980714.bcb.html   (499 words)

  
 South East Area Health Service
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital is Australia’s oldest hospital and is located in the heart of the Sydney CBD, next door to Parliament House and within walking distance of the CBD shopping precinct, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Mitchell Library and other city activities.
The Hospital is affiliated with both the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney, and the Save Sight Institute is located on the campus housing the University of Sydney Department of Clinical Ophthalmology and the Lions NSW Eye Bank.
The Hospital is committed to continuing education and quality improvement and its small size fosters a strong esprit de corps and friendly atmosphere.
seh.monster.com.au /syhosp.asp   (319 words)

  
 Sydney hospital closes its newborn ward - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
A Sydney hospital has closed its newborn ward to transfers from other hospitals after five babies developed gastroenteritis.
The Royal Hospital for Women in the eastern suburb of Randwick said on Sunday afternoon the sick babies had been isolated to reduce the risk of the virus spreading.
Babies within the hospital were still being accepted to its newborn care centre, and would be treated in a cleaned area, it said.
www.theage.com.au /news/National/Sydney-hospital-closes-its-newborn-ward/2006/10/22/1161455600947.html   (184 words)

  
 Sydney Hospital & Eye Hospital - City of Sydney
Originally named the Sydney infirmary, this building was designed to replace the deteriorated centre wing of Governor Macquarie’s ‘Rum Hospital’.
Rowe was heavily criticised by his peers for the practice of under quoting building costs in order to win a competition, and the Sydney Infirmary and this project were his causes célébres.
Recent work includes the relocation of the Sydney Eye Hospital to the site, the construction of an eight level car park, ground floor emergency with eye hospital outpatients, two levels of wards and an operating theatre on the top floor.
www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au /AboutSydney/HistoryAndArchives/SydneyHistory/HistoricBuildings/SydneyHospitalAndEyeHospital.asp   (307 words)

  
 Sydney Information
Sydney is a fairly safe city but as in any city normal sensible precautions should be followed.
When travelling on public transport late at night sit in the train nearest the guard’s compartment, which is indicated by a blue light and is a designated nightsafe area.
If service in restaurants has been outstanding you might wish to leave 10% but if not then do not feel obliged to tip and if you just want to be generous round up the bill.
www.sydneyeguide.com /essential.php   (1051 words)

  
 Hospital Management - St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
St Vincent's is one of Sydney's oldest hospitals and provides emergency secondary and tertiary hospital care to the community at a state and national level.
The core of the redevelopment was equipping the public hospital with a new 44,000m² unit containing an outpatient facility, inpatient wards, procedural units, intensive care unit and a new expanded state-of-the-art emergency department.
The Private Hospital has, as a result of the redevelopment program, acquired two additional operating theatres, a new recovery area, two cardiac catheterisation labs, an enlarged and enhanced TSSU, a new post-op recovery unit, two floors of inpatient units and an enlarged catering department servicing both hospitals.
www.hospitalmanagement.net /projects/st_vincents   (911 words)

  
 Rum Hospital, Sydney
The long middle section of the Rum Hospital was pulled down in 1879, and the present building, in Victorian neo-classical style, was erected in 1894.
The foundation stone of the Rum Hospital (architect unknown) was laid by Macquarie in 1811 and the building was completed in 1816.
It is so called because Macquarie granted the profitable rum monopoly to the builders, who then built the hospital, using convict labor, at no cost to the colony.
www.planetware.com /sydney/rum-hospital-aus-nsw-srh.htm   (148 words)

  
 Welcome to Sydney Adventist Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Sydney Adventist Hospital has received a Starlight Fun Centre, which can be wheeled to the children's bedsides allowing them to watch movies and play video games.
Sydney Adventist Hospital's wound care clinic is giving people with leg ulcers a new lease on life.
Sydney Adventist Hospital is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply the endorsement by Sydney Adventist Hospital of the site.
www.sydneyadventisthospital.com.au /default.asp   (1351 words)

  
 Hospitals in Sydney NSW Australia
The Children's Hospital at Westmead - provides community medical care and paediatric emergency as well as tertiary level paediatric services, with New South Wales' Liver Transplant Unit and Burns Unit, the national Poisons Information Centre and other state and national services located at the hospital.
The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, is a major teaching hospital based in Sydney's eastern suburbs that serves all of New South Wales.
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital - focusing on ophthalmology, hands, sexual health, drug and alcohol, HIV/Aids, ear, nose and throat, emergency and orthopaedic care.
www.bcl.com.au /sydney/help/hospitals.htm   (703 words)

  
 Sydney Hospital Orthopaedic and General Surgery Services - 13/10/2005 - QWN
The capacity to utilise the excellent resources of Sydney Hospital to perform predictable elective surgery will enable surgeons to undertake surgery without being bumped off the list by emergency and trauma cases, thus increasing the elective output.
In 2004-05 Sydney Hospital received $466,000 to perform additional operations, and further funding for additional surgery is anticipated in 2005-06.
As the surgical service will be a combined unit across Sydney Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital, I understand that there should be no negative impact on the registrar appointments due to the volume of operations being performed.
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/5f584b237987507aca256d09008051f3/5a6a7aed010e19eaca2570a000779e06!OpenDocument   (827 words)

  
 Sydney Nurses at SSWAHS - Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Concord Repatriation General Hospital is a 450 bed tertiary referral teaching hospital of the University of Sydney, and provides a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, critical care and diagnostic services.
Concord Hospital is situated close to the City on the Parramatta River with expansive views extending to the Sydney Harbour Bridge on one side and the Blue Mountains on the other.
Concord Hospital is committed to professional development to ensure that staff are educated for current and future nursing roles in local, national and worldwide settings.
www.cs.nsw.gov.au /sydneynurses/Hospitals/concord.htm   (414 words)

  
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The hospital is the major referral centre for Cape Breton Island.
Pay phones are located at the main entrance, on the Level 2, and throughout the hospital in main corridors and various waiting rooms.
The cafeteria, located on Level 1 at the rear of the hospital, is open to staff, patients and visitors between 7 am and 6 pm.
www.cbdha.nshealth.ca /H_sydneyregional.html   (304 words)

  
 South East Area Health Service
Historic Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospitals' state of the art facilities and professional staff provide a unique blend of general and specialist medical services for the public.
Join the team at Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital and benefit from working in a dynamic, progressive and friendly health care facility which provides acute services to the inner city suburbs and central business district.
The hospital traces its beginnings to the arrival of the first fleet in 1788, when a tent hospital was erected near the Rocks.
seh.monster.com.au /syhosp_info.asp   (774 words)

  
 Police hunt Sydney hospital gunman
A man who threatened a security guard with a pistol in the maternity ward of a Sydney hospital is still on the loose.
Police surrounded the hospital but widened their search after a security camera showed the man leaving the building.
A spokeswoman for the hospital said she could not elaborate on the incident as it was a police matter.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=97517   (338 words)

  
 Handbook 2002 - 1.4 SYDNEY HOSPITAL      (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Sydney Hospital is the oldest hospital in Australia, dating back to 1788.
Sydney Hospital provides a 24-hour Emergency Department and general medical and surgical inpatient and outpatient services to the 500,000 people visiting or working in the city each day, as well as the smaller residential population of the area.
After hours cover for the General Hospital is shared by The Emergency Department Residents on rotation, part-time medical officers and ward medical staff on overtime.
wwwsvh.stvincents.com.au /jmo/jmohandbook/JMO011.htm   (133 words)

  
 Sydney Children's Hospital - Jobs
Sydney Children's Hospital is keen to recruit 3rd Year Student Nurses 2007, to work as Undergraduate Assistant’s In Nursing at SCH commencing November 2006.
Sydney Children's Hospital is now recruiting registered nurses into a number of positions.
Sydney Children's Hospital is keen to recruit nurses for our Intensive Care Unit, High Dependency and Child and Family Health units.
www.sch.edu.au /jobs   (468 words)

  
 Sydney Hospital Restructuring - 24/10/1991 - QWN
In terms of Sydney Hospital, on many occasions we have made it quite plain in this place and in public exactly why the restructuring needs to occur.
This work is continuing, and the budget and staffing profile has been agreed by the hospital management and the area health service within the parameters of their new role.
The options for delivery of pathology services to the hospital are under active consideration but there is no doubt that the services of Sydney Hospital should be supported by those provided at the major teaching hospitals nearby.
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/0/CA256D11000BD3AA4A2564B20006A876   (836 words)

  
 Doll Hospital
Geoff Chapman, head surgeon, now runs the many wards of the hospital, after it was passed down through the generations starting with his grandfather.
The Doll's Hospital has cared for dolls, teddy bears, prams, rocking horses, and many other items for almost a century now, and believes that no job is too big or too small.
In addition, the Doll's Hospital also sells dolls, starting at around $20 AUD for a regular doll, to the more expensive, rare collector's dolls.
www.dollhospital.com.au /dollhospital   (110 words)

  
 CNN - Actor Mickey Rooney has surgery in Sydney hospital - November 26, 1999
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Veteran U.S. entertainer Mickey Rooney has undergone emergency surgery and cancelled the remaining two concerts of an Australian tour, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Rooney underwent surgery in a Sydney hospital for a minor colon perforation, the spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Australian Broadcasting Corp radio.
He was expected to be in hospital for only a short time, the spokeswoman said.
www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Movies/9911/26/mickey.rooney.01/index.html   (193 words)

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