The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) is a major children's hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
As the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, the Royal Children's Hospital provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
The hospital is the designated statewide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
Its campus partners are the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, which are based onsite with the hospital.
The hospital is surrounded by the parkland of Royal Park, with views of trees and lots of natural light.
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