Emergency Information

Hospital emergency departments are open 24 hours a day, including public holidays.

The role of emergency departments is to care for emergencies. An emergency is when an illness or injury is serious and requires urgent attention.

The order in which you will be seen in an emergency department is determined by the seriousness of your health problem, not the time of your arrival. Those people with the most serious and urgent conditions will always be seen first, and those with less serious conditions may have to wait until the doctor is free.

The following emergency departments are located in the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service, between Sydney Harbour in the north and Durras in the south:

Hospital	Address	Telephone	Map
Sydney
Prince of Wales Hospital (Adult*)	Barker St, Randwick	9382 2222	View map
St Vincent's Hospital (Adult*)	Victoria St, Darlinghurst	8382 1111	View map
Sydney Children's Hospital (Child*)	High St, Randwick	9382 1111	View map
The Sutherland Hospital	Kareena Rd, Caringbah	9540 7111	View map
St George Hospital	Gray St, Kogarah	9113 1111	View map
Sydney Hospital (Adult*) & Sydney Eye Hospital	8 Macquarie St, Sydney	9382 7111	View map
Shoalhaven
Milton Ulladulla Hospital	Princes Highway, Milton	4455 1333	View map
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital	Shoalhaven St, Nowra	4421 3111	View map
Illawarra
Bulli Hospital	Hospital Road, Bulli	4284 4344	View map
Shellharbour Hospital	Madigan Boulevarde, Mt Warrigal	4295 2500	View map
Wollongong Hospital	Loftus Street, Wollongong	4222 5000	View map

* NSW Health defines a child as a person younger than 16 years of age, and a child as becoming an adult on their 16th birthday.