Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, is an Australian children's hospital located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales.
[citation needed] After an appeal for funds in 1870, the Catherine Hayes Hospital opened.
The hospital's primary intention was to care for children that suffered from illness, poverty and famine.
[4] On Friday 12 June 1998, the Prince of Wales Children's Hospital officially became known as the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, when the then Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr, and Health Minister, Andrew Refshauge, officially opened the hospital.
[citation needed] In 2003, the hospital opened a community child health facility on the Randwick campus that provides services for children with developmental disabilities, mental health disorders and other behavioural issues.