Sunshine Coast University Hospital
| Sunshine Coast University Hospital | |||||||||||
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| Queensland Health | |||||||||||
| Geography | |||||||||||
| Location | 6 Doherty Street, Birtinya, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°44′39″S 153°06′53″E / 26.7441°S 153.1146°E | ||||||||||
| Organisation | |||||||||||
| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) | ||||||||||
| Type | Teaching | ||||||||||
| Affiliated university | University of the Sunshine Coast and Griffith University, School of Medicine | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||
| Beds | 728 | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | (ICAO: YXHS) | ||||||||||
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| Links | |||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia | ||||||||||
The Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) is a tertiary teaching hospital located in Birtinya, a suburb of Kawana Waters, Queensland. It is operated by the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS), part of the Queensland Health network. The hospital has 728 beds, and has a catchment containing roughly 450,000 people on the Sunshine Coast and Gympie. It provides clinical placements to nursing and medical students from multiple institutions, including the University of the Sunshine Coast, Griffith University and TAFE Queensland (nursing).
The Sunshine Coast University Hospital is located close to the Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital operated by Ramsay Health Care and the Sunshine Coast Health Institute.