What we do
On a typical day in the NSW public health system:
- 17,000 people spend the night in a public hospital
- 6,500 people are seen by our emergency departments
- 5,600 people are admitted to a public hospital
- 1,000 patients have their surgery (emergency or planned) performed in our public hospitals
- 200 babies are born
- 100 patients have their cataracts removed
- 32 patients have their gallbladder removed
- 25 patients have their appendix removed
- 20 patients have their hip replaced
- 18 patients have their knee replaced