Nepean Hospital
| Nepean Teaching Hospital | |
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| Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District | |
 Aerial photograph of Nepean Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Kingswood, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°45′36″S 150°42′47″E / 33.7599°S 150.7131°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Sydney |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 520 |
| Links | |
| Website | NBMLHD - Nepean Hospital - About Us |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
Nepean Teaching Hospital is a 520-bed teaching hospital. Nepean Hospital is located at the base of the Blue Mountains in Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
Nepean Emergency Department treats over 54,000 patients annually[citation needed]. The Emergency Department is a purpose built facility with an adjacent short stay unit, and provides emergency care for a diverse case mix including paediatric patients. It is supported by multi-speciality services including 24 beds in the Intensive Care Unit, 24-hour interventional cardiology, hematology, trauma services, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, urology, plastic surgery, paediatrics and obstetrics and gynaecology.
Also on the Nepean Hospital campus are a Neonatal ICU, Tresillian [clarification needed] Family Care Centre, Menopause Service, Nepean Cancer Care Centre, Diabetes Service, Rehabilitation medicine and the Wentworth Centre for Drug and Alcohol Medicine. Nepean hospital hosts 14 operating theatres, with 6 operating theatres which opened in March 2012.
Nepean Hospital's operating suite is a 24-hour service covering urology; gynae & obstetrics; colo-rectal; upper GIT; facio-maxillary; plastics; thoracic; pain team; dental; orthopaedics; vascular; neuro; ENT; general; some Paediatric; some endoscopic and emergency/trauma surgical specialties. Additionally, 24 hour access includes CT scanner and MRI services.
The Nepean Hospital Surgical Wing was opened on 12 March 2012.
The hospital hosts a clinical school of Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney.[1]
The first Penrith hospital was opened in 1860, containing 6 beds and was located on the modern day Cox Street.[1]