Hospital Facts

• Our Hospital was established in the 1870s - that’s almost 140 years of healthcare for kids!
• Almost 75% of our patients live outside of our local area, including many from rural NSW
• Over 37,000 children come through our Emergency Department each year
• The first successful bone marrow transplant for childhood leukaemia in Australia was performed in our Hospital
• Pioneering research in areas such as cancer and neurology happens at our Hospital

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