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Building bridges to a better future

30 Aug, 2018, 3:53 pm Lily Dolenec AW Edwards, Blacktown, BMDH Project, bridge, crane, expansion, hard hat, hi vis, redevelopment

A new pedestrian walkway is the latest addition to the Blacktown Hospital landscape thanks to a delicate lift operation conducted over the weekend.

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Our patients Top 4 

Thanks shown with masterpiece

28 Feb, 2018, 4:08 pm05 Mar, 2018, 7:39 pm Jenny Harrison Blacktown, Blacktown Hospital; regional Dialysis Centre; Kidneys; Dialysis

Patients and staff who enter the new Regional Dialysis Centre at Blacktown Hospital will be greeted by two cultural paintings which were created donated to the Centre by a humble and grateful patient.

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Blacktown Hospital wins big in Vienna

16 Jul, 2017, 8:25 am17 Jul, 2017, 8:53 am Sia Anthopoulos 0 Comments awards, Blacktown, construction, expansion, international, redevelopment, vienna

Blacktown Hospital has won three major international health design awards!

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Auburn Blacktown Mount Druitt News Westmead Hospital 

Visitor & patient parking concessions have changed

30 Jun, 2017, 9:42 am06 Jul, 2017, 4:00 pm Emma Smith 0 Comments auburn, Blacktown, concession, Mount Druitt, parking, Westmead

Parking concessions, and the way patients & visitors apply for them, will change from TOMORROW (July 1, 2017).

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured 

Families enjoy multicultural day

21 Jun, 2017, 1:56 pm21 Jun, 2017, 2:00 pm Sia Anthopoulos 0 Comments Blacktown, health, multicultural, refugees

Families enjoyed the Make Healthy Normal Zone at this year’s Refugee Week event, which was on display at Blacktown RSL on Tuesday.

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Blacktown’s Art of Ageing exhibition

02 May, 2017, 10:20 am08 May, 2017, 8:23 am Emma Smith 0 Comments art, Blacktown, hawson, hospital, louise

Check out the new Art of Ageing exhibition on level 5 at Blacktown Hospital!

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Blacktown Redevelopment News Redevelopment 

Blacktown dialysis centre celebrates first birthday

02 May, 2017, 8:58 am Emma Smith 0 Comments Blacktown, dialysis

The regional dialysis centre, located at Blacktown Hospital, celebrated on Monday. May 1, marking a whole year in their new facilities

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Oh baby, we’re booming!

25 Apr, 2017, 11:59 am27 Apr, 2017, 3:35 pm Sia Anthopoulos 0 Comments auburn, babies, baby boom, Blacktown, healthcare, maternity, midwifery, midwives, nursing, population, western Sydney

Blacktown is the top baby hotspot in NSW for the fourth consecutive year with 840 newborns in 2016, up from 754

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian meets a patient at Blacktown Hospital.
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In the media: April 14

13 Apr, 2017, 9:56 am27 Apr, 2017, 4:40 pm Emma Smith 0 Comments Blacktown, elvis, minister, multiplex, premier, Westmead

The NSW Premier and Health Minister made a major announcement at Blacktown Hospital and we brought the King to one lucky patient.

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old hand young hand, visiting hours, aged care, hospital
Blacktown Mount Druitt Our patients 

Survey: visiting hours at Blacktown and Mount Druitt hospitals

28 Mar, 2017, 3:03 pm12 Apr, 2017, 11:42 am Western Sydney LHD Blacktown, Mount Druitt, survey, WSLHD

Do you work at Blacktown or Mount Druitt hospitals? Have you visited Blacktown or Mount Druitt hospital in the past

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