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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) is one of Australia's leading teaching tertiary hospitals. It has more than 600 beds and employs about 5500 staff who treat more than 420,000 patients each year.

SCGH was opened in 1958 and named in honour of Sir Charles Gairdner, governor of Western Australia 1951-63. It is located at the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, four kilometres from Perth city centre.

SCGH provides a comprehensive range of clinical services including trauma, emergency and critical care, orthopaedics, general medicine, general surgery and cardiac care.  It is home to WA's only comprehensive cancer centre – the largest cancer treatment centre in the State – and is the State's principal hospital for neurosurgery and liver transplants.

SCGH was ranked among the worlds’ best hospitals list 2019, and is fully accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards.

SCGH has an international reputation for ground-breaking medical research.  For example, it was home to now-retired Nobel Laureate Professor Barry Marshall and proudly continues his work. Professor Marshall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2005 for his ground-breaking work demonstrating that stomach ulcers are caused by bacteria and not stress.

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