Royal Children's Hospital - Profile Company Report Australia

30-06-2012, 9 pages

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) is an Australian Government body that provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents. The RCH is a specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and employs approximately 3,000 staff. The hospital is located on Flemington Rd in Parkville, Victoria.

The RCH is a specialist paediatric hospital that provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents. The hospital extends its services to children throughout Australia and overseas. The hospital also has a paediatric teaching centre, which is affiliated with the University of Melbourne and LaTrobe University.

Additionally, the RCH has a strong commitment to research; the hospital merged with the Murdoch Institute to create the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, which is based at the RCH. The Institute's research is based on six themes:

Critical care and neurosciences
Early development and disease
Healthy development
Infection, immunity and environment
Laboratory and community genetics
Musculoskeletal disorders

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