Sydney Adventist Hospital, commonly known as the San, is a large private hospital on the Upper North Shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located on Fox Valley Road in Wahroonga. Established on 1 January 1903, as a not-for-profit organisation, it was originally named the Sydney Sanitarium from which its colloquial name was derived. The hospital is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, whose South Pacific Division headquarters are located in the immediate vicinity of the San. The hospital offers a broad range of acute medical, surgical, diagnostic, outpatient, support and wellness services, including Executive Health Checks at the Fox Valley Medical & Dental Centre.
As a not-for-profit health care facility, 2,200 staff and 700 accredited medical officers provide services for more than 50,000 inpatients and over 160,000 outpatients annually at the San.
The hospital is the base for the nursing course offered by Avondale University. It opened in Wahroonga on 1 January 1903 with a bed capacity of 70 and was known as a ‘home of health’ and as a place where people learned to stay well. The original Hospital building was designed by Dr Merritt Kellogg, brother of Dr John Harvey Kellogg.
Services and facilities
Sydney Adventist Hospital offers acute surgical, medical and obstetric care. Services include:
- Cardiac, including cardiac catheterisation and complex cardiac surgery, diagnostic services and rehabilitation
- Orthopaedics, including joint reconstruction and replacement surgery
- Maternity, including Special Care Nursery facilities
- Cancer, including surgery and treatment for numerous types of cancer, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, palliative care, and cancer support services
- Urology, including a full range of medical and surgical treatments for men, women and children
- Other Surgical Specialties, including Neurosurgery, General, Vascular, Colorectal, Gastrointestinal, Ophthalmic, Oral & Dental, Plastic & Cosmetic, and Paediatric surgery
- Other Medical Specialties, including Neurology, General, Respiratory, Sleep, Paediatric (including the Children's Sleep Disorders Unit), Endocrinology, and Gastrointestinal medicine
- Emergency Care, the largest and busiest private unit in NSW
SAH also offers a large range of outpatient services, including physiotherapy, cardiac rehabilitation, pathology, radiology, ultrasound (including San Ultrasound for Women), nuclear medicine, wound care, radiation oncology, dietitian services, and an on-site family medical and dental centre.
See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals