Flinders Medical Centre is a 580 bed public teaching hospital and medical school, co-located with Flinders University and the 130 bed Flinders Private Hospital located at Bedford Park, South Australia. It opened in 1976. It is one of the major public hospitals operating in metropolitan Adelaide. It serves as the trauma centre for the southern suburbs generally and obstetrics in particular. It is the liver and corneal transplant centre for South Australia.
FMC is part of the Southern Adelaide Health Service (Southern Health) which includes Repatriation General Hospital Daw Park, Noarlunga Health Services, Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia and a range of outreach and community based services.
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