The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is South Australia's largest public acute care teaching hospital with a 24-hour Emergency Department (ED), outpatient services and more.
Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance Incorporated (ACHA) is the largest private hospital group in South Australia.
The new hospital is the most expensive building ever built in Australia, and the most expensive hospital ever built anywhere in the world, at US$2.44 billion in construction and equipment costs. The redevelopment on the site of the old RAH is known as Lot Fourteen.
Structurally, the hospital spans the equivalent of three city blocks and is located on a pristine site containing almost four hectares of landscaped parks and internal green space, including over 70 courtyards, terraces and sky gardens.
Royal Adelaide Hospital among the best
As South Australia's largest research and teaching hospital, the RAH has increased its ranking among the nation's best hospitals and is now placed 14th in Australia, lifting its position by 3 places in the past 12 months.
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Sky News host Peta Credlin says Adelaide's new Women's and Children's Hospital is set to become “Australia's most expensive building” at a cost of $3.2 billion. Ms Credlin said it was potentially the most expensive hospital in the world with a cost of $3 million per bed.
The Adelaide Hospital was established in 1841 and evolved from the Colonial Infirmary which had existed since 1837. The Adelaide Hospital was renamed the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1939.
Why so expensive? Aside from its scale, the hospital aims to be technologically advanced, including using robots for delivering supplies, equipment and food. It has set a target of 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to other hospitals.
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The new Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), is Australia's most advanced hospital, delivering a quantum leap in healthcare in South Australia. The 800 bed new RAH has been planned, designed and built around the needs of the patient and reflects international best practice in hospital design.