Concord Repatriation General Hospital

Concord Repatriation General Hospital (abbreviated CRGH), commonly referred to as simply Concord Hospital, is a major hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Hospital Road in Concord. It is a teaching hospital of Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney, where it is referred to as Concord Clinical School, and a major facility in the Sydney Local Health District and the former Sydney South West Area Health Service. The NSW Statewide Severe Burn Injury Service and the Bernie Banton Centre, an asbestos diseases research institute, are located at CRGH.

Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Sydney Local Health District
CRGH Multi Building, viewed from the west across Brays Bay
Geography
LocationHospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, Australia
Organisation
Care systemMedicare
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityThe University of Sydney
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds500
SpecialityBurns, geriatrics, general medicine
Helipads
Helipad(ICAO: YXCC)
Number Length Surface
ft m
1 grass
History
Opened1942 (1942)
Links
Websiteslhd.nsw.gov.au/concord
Stained Glass window of AHS Centaur at the hospital entrance.

Parts of the television series All Saints were filmed at CRGH.

History

Prior to the Second World War, the 16-hectare (40-acre) Yaralla Estate on which the hospital is built belonged to philanthropist Thomas Walker and subsequently his daughter Dame Eadith Walker. A small hospital had already been established on the site, known as the Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital. Following the death of Dame Eadith in 1937, the property was bequeathed to the Crown for development as a public hospital.[1][2]

The current hospital was commissioned in 1939 as a general hospital for the Australian Army and opened on 11 March 1941. When completed in 1942, the 2,000-bed Yaralla Military Hospital (113th Australian General Hospital [A.G.H.]) was the largest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere. The main hospital building (currently known as the Multi Building) was one of the tallest buildings in Sydney when completed and its design won architects Stephenson & Turner the Sulman Award in 1946.

Following the war, the hospital became a repatriation hospital for returned servicemen under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth government, with a change in name to Repatriation General Hospital, Concord (RGHC). In 1963, RGHC became a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney.[3]

Recognising the growing community need, the hospital began providing care for general community patients in 1974, including the opening of an emergency department in 1977. In 1993, the hospital was transferred to the Central Sydney Area Health Service of the New South Wales Department of Health as a public hospital and renamed to the current Concord Repatriation General Hospital.[3]

Memorials

Although it is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the hospital retains a historical significance to the veterans community in New South Wales. A number of memorials maintain these links, including:

Future

During mid-2006, construction work commenced on a new mental health precinct at the northern end of the hospital grounds. On completion the Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service (SSWAHMS) will relocate the majority of its existing services from The Rozelle Hospital to the new facilities at CRGH.

  • Concord Repatriation General Hospital Main Entrance
  • Concord Repatriation General Hospital Main Emergency Ambulance Entrance
  • Concord Repatriation General Hospital Main Emergency Entrance

See also

References
  1. Concord Heritage Society Inc. "Concord Heritage Society Walker Estates Subcommittee". Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
  2. Walker Trusts Act 1938 No. 31, as amended. State of New South Wales.
  3. Various presenters (1 February 2006). "Introduction to Concord Hospital". Concord Repatriation General Hospital Staff orientation 2006. Concord.

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