Sydney Eye Hospital
Sydney and Sydney Eye Hospital is steeped in history, with a legacy of nursing and medical firsts to its' credit, both nationally and internationally.
Sydney and Sydney Eye Hospital operates as one hospital in Macquarie Street in Sydney’s central business district. Sydney Hospital is Australia's first hospital and dates from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. It has been located at the Macquarie Street site since 1811, and celebrated its Bicentenary in 2011.
In 1868, Lucy Osburn established the first nursing school in Australia at the Sydney Hospital site after being sent to the colony by Florence Nightingale following a request by the colonial government.
The Sydney Eye Hospital started in 1882 at Millers Point and moved to Woolloomooloo in 1922.
In 1996, it relocated to Macquarie Street to form Sydney and Sydney Eye Hospital.
Sydney and Sydney Eye Hospital offers quality health care to city residents, workers, visitors and tourists. Our specialist services attract patients from all over NSW.
Clinical services provided are a 24 hour Emergency Department (for eyes and general) and outpatient departments (eyes, general and hands). Clinical wards include Eyes, Hands, Ear Nose and Throat and General Medicine as well as the Peri-Operative Suite.
Sydney and Sydney Eye Hospital is a quaternary referral unit for eye diseases, providing surgical and medical management of vitreo-retinal, corneal, glaucoma, oculo-plastic, uveitis, and oculo-oncology conditions.It also has a dedicated Hand Unit, and is a tertiary referral centre for trauma, abnormalities and diseases of the hand.