Repatriation General Hospital

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Name :

Repatriation General Hospital

Address  :

Daws Road

Town  :

Daw Park

State  :

South Australia

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

5041

Phone  :

61 8 8276 9666

Fax  :

61 8 8277 9401

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

webmaster@rgh.sa.gov.au
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Description
Welcome to Repatriation General Hospital
Repatriation General Hospital RGH is a 300 bed acute care public hospital specialising in the care of older people and veterans The hospital provides a range of general medical and surgical services to people living in Adelaide RGH offers high quality integrated care from the acute stages through to rehabilitation

RGH is home to Rehabilitation amp Therapy Services a worldclass facility purposebuilt for rehabilitation It is also home to the Daw House Hospice renowned for quality palliative care

Through a number of statewide and specialist programs among them cardiology oncology urology and radiology it also services rural Adelaide and interstate regions

Established in 1942 RGH has forged strong affiliations with a number of research facilities some of which have colocated with the hospital It also has solid teaching foundations in all health disciplines with a range of educational institutes including Flinders University of South Australia

The hospitals mission is to provide highest quality patient care excellence in service promote top quality teaching and research respect and value our staff encourage innovation and continual improvement in meeting the needs of our community meet the special needs of the veteran community and work collaboratively with other health and aged care providers to enhance the health of the community of southern Adelaide




History
Welcome to Repatriation General Hospitals RGHs History Page

These pages provide information on many aspects of Australians at War and RGHs role in the rehabilitation of returned exservicemen and women

The Repat its role in the community and rehabilitation of veterans
A historical look at RGH from 1940 when the State Cabinet agreed to proceed with building it Since then it has occupied a unique place in the Adelaide health system From day one a special veteran ethos was established and continues alongside a range of hospital services developed especially to meet the needs of veterans
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