The Royal Children's Hospitals
The Royal Children's Hospital is a specialist paediatric hospital and provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents. As the major paediatric hospital in Victoria, the Royal Children's Hospital provides clinical, academic and advocacy services for children and young people throughout the state. It is internationally recognised as a leading centre for research and education. In its role as a leading paediatric teaching centre, the hospital has affiliations with the University of Melbourneand LaTrobe Universityand links with other universities in post graduate studies.
The Royal Children's Hospital has a strong commitment to research. The Murdoch Childrens Research Instituteis based at the Royal Children's Hospital providing a bench to bedside process within our site. Patients are referred to the Royal Children's Hospital from all over Australia and the Asia-Pacific rim countries.
The hospital was established in 1870 and has been located on its present site at Parkville in Melbourne, Australia since 1963. It has 311 beds, and treats approximately 25,000 in-patients each year. A total of 280,000 children are treated by the hospital annually.
Please view The Royal Children’s Hospital website for more information.