| The history of hospitals in Sydney, Australia is | | | | institution is situated in the NSCCAHS particularly in |
| one which started out as treatment locations for | | | | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. It is a |
| military and prisoners. Later hospitals became | | | | state-run public hospital that offers medical, |
| charitable institutions offering low cost to free of | | | | surgical and maternity services and serves as the |
| charge medications for the sick poor people. | | | | teaching hospital for the University of Newcastle. |
| Today there are those hospitals that are | | | | recent major upgrades to the institution entails |
| regarded as medical institutions. | | | | new ward and a multi-storey car park. It has a |
| Sydney, with roughly 4.4 million Sydneysiders, is | | | | library that boards a huge collection of |
| one of those places where hospitals are thriving. | | | | medical-related text and computerized materials. |
| In this urban area are public hospitals operated by | | | | From SESIAHS is the Sydney Hospital and |
| the Government of New South Wales. These | | | | Sydney Eye Hospital. It is a major general hospital |
| hospitals are managed accordingly by use the four | | | | that is located in the Sydney central business |
| Area Health Services which are Sydney South | | | | district on Macquarie Street. This is Australia's |
| West (SSWAHS), Sydney West (SWAHS), | | | | oldest hospital founded in the early 1788. Presently |
| Northern Sydney and Central Coast (NSCCAHS) | | | | it has 113 beds meant for confining inpatients and |
| and the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra | | | | 6 regular bed for patients in the Emergency |
| (SESIAHS) Area Health Services together with | | | | department. The specialty of the hospital is |
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead. | | | | ophthalmology and hand surgery. The hospital also |
| The Gosford Hospital has 484 beds to | | | | has association with Sydney University. |
| accommodate sick people. This healthcare | | | | |