Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital

Name :

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital

Address  :

Palmerston Road

Town  :

Hornsby

State  :

New South Wales

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

2077

Phone  :

61 2 9477 9123

Web URL  :


Description

Overview
Hornsby Kuringgai Health Service HKHS incorporating Hornsby Kuringgai Hospital and six community health centres has been providing quality health care since 1933 to a community stretching from the Hawkesbury River to Lindfield east to St Ives and west to Pennant Hills Cherrybrook and Epping

The hospital a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney provides inpatient services including coronary and intensive care orthopaedic general medical surgical obstetric mental health paediatric and emergency services Outpatient services include allied heath physiotherapy occupational therapy and social work as well as community health dental and podiatry clinics child adolescent and family health drug and alcohol health promotion and rehabilitation and aged care

The local government areas of Hornsby and Kuringgai have an ageing population and according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the NSW Adult Health Survey have the oldest happiest and healthiest population in NSW
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