King Edward Memorial Hospital

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Name :

King Edward Memorial Hospital

Address  :

374 Bagot Road

Town  :

Subiaco

State  :

Western Australia

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

6008

Phone  :

08 9340 2222

Web URL  :

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About King Edward Memorial Hospital
In mid2006 as part of the health reform in Western Australia King Edward Memorial Hospital KEMH joined with other womens based health services to form the new Women and Newborn Health Service WNHS which is a part of the larger North Metropolitan Area Health Service

KEMH was formerly a part of the Womens and Childrens Health Service WCHS along with Princess Margaret Hospital for Children PMH

With dedicated staff and best practices based on the most current evidencebased medicine WNHS continues to deliver firstclass health care to women and infants in WA

KEMH is the States only tertiary maternity and gynaecological hospital and treated its first patients in 1916 Today more than 4500 births take place at the hospital every year and it is WAs only major referral centre for highrisk pregnancies KEMH also has a stateoftheart 80 bed Special Care Nursery designed to care for premature and sick infants
The WNHS also cares for approximately 5000 women with gynaecological conditions each year from urological and cancer related problems to sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive disorders

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