RMH Royal Park Campus

Details

Name :

RMH Royal Park Campus

Address  :

Poplar Road

Town  :

Parkville

State  :

Victoria

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

3052

Phone  :

61 3 8387 2000

Fax  :

61 3 8387 2222

Web URL  :


Description

The Royal Melbourne Hospital
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Victorias leading public teaching hospitals and operates across two campuses

RMH Royal Park Campus provides subacute care including aged care rehabilitation
ambulatory care and residential and community services More on RMH Royal Park Campus
services

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is the oldest hospital in Victoria Australia built just prior to the gold rush era that led to a boom in Melbournes population RMH City Campus first began as The Melbourne Hospital in 1848 and RMH Royal Park Campus as the Immigrants Aid Society in 1853 See Archives for more historical information

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is a privileged member of Melbournes worldleading Parkville Precinct and enjoys strong relationships with many of the citys major universities and research institutes

There are a number of exciting developments underway including the colocation of the new Royal Womens Hospital at the RMH City Campus site the development of integrated cancer services and joint projects with community providers to improve service delivery to the communities we serve


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