This article is about the hospital in Woolloongabba, Australia. For other uses and places see Princess Alexandra Hospital (disambiguation)

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH), is located on Ipswich Road in Woolloongabba, Australia. It is one of the major hospitals in Brisbane and is a teaching hospital of the University of Queensland. It is a tertiary level teaching hospital with all major medical and surgical specialities onsite except for obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics. A new building was opened in 2000 to replace the aging red-brick PA Hospital complex built in the 1950s.

The hospital was opened by and named after HRH Princess Alexandra of the United Kingdom in 1959, to mark the Centennial of Queensland.

Queensland's spinal injuries unit and the organ transplantation service are based at the hospital.

The P.A. Foundation is located at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. The foundation raises money for medical research on the P.A hospital campus.

In March 2008 a new 1400 bay car park was opened to service visitors and staff parking needs.

In April 2008, the Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine was opened at the hospital.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of hospitals in Australia

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• PA Foundation. P.A. Hospital Foundation
• P.A. Hospital

Coordinates: 27°29′57″S 153°02′00″E / 27.4993°S 153.0332°E / -27.4993; 153.0332

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