Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is a major metropolitan tertiary referral hospital and a principal provider of a comprehensive range of clinical services. Formed in 1882, the hospital is a major teaching facility of the University of Sydney and remains one of the nation's most respected hospitals. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital has come a long way since it opened as a 146-bed hospital. Over 125 years later, it has more than 700 beds, a staff of over 4,000 and provides the largest number of in-patient treatments in the state, almost 500,000 out-patient treatments, 45,000 adult and paediatric emergency department patients and delivers 4,000 babies each year. RPA treats more public patients than any other hospital in the state