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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH) is a 340 bed acute tertiary referral hospital in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. ==History== The hospital opened in 1954. At the request of the Government of South Australia, the hospital was named after Queen Elizabeth II who had recently acceded to the Australian throne. A large portrait of the Queen, together with a letter authorising the QEH name and granting Arms to the Hospital, decorates the principal foyer. Originally designed to service the western area but is now the second most utilised hospital in South Australia by patients from the central northern region of Adelaide.〔Health Service Profiles, Central Northern Adelaide Health Service, Government of South Australia, March 2004〕 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital was the first unit in Australia to perform kidney transplantation successfully. The hospital houses the Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA) which collects national statistics on the treatment of those patients with end stage renal failure.〔(ANZDATA website )〕 In 2002 Premier Mike Rann, who had campaigned in Opposition against plans to privatise the hospital, announced a massive ten-year redevelopment of the QEH. In 2005 Premier Rann and Health Minister Lea Stevens unveiled plans for the QEH's $120 million second stage redevelopment. It included construction of a new three-level inpatient building for maternity, surgical, oncology and renal dialysis patients, and a 580 place car park building.〔"Queen Elizabeth Hospital's stage two detailed", ABC online, 11 Oct 2005〕 In 2009 Premier Rann opened the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Building, incorporating the Basil Hetzel Institute for Medical Research.〔"Medical Research Powerhouse Opens", Daily Telegraph, March 1 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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