The Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) is a specialist facility for women's and children's health.

We are the leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions in South Australia, as well as the State's largest maternity and obstetric service. We also provide important community-based services.

We provide outpatient appointments to women and children, across the areas of paediatric medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, neonatology, mental health and disability, rehabilitation and allied health.

In addition, many children present to our Paediatric Emergency Department. 

We are highly regarded for our research, teaching, policy and management.

As one of the State's major teaching hospitals, we work with all three South Australian universities in the training of hundreds of health professionals each year.

The Hospital forms part of the Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN), one of five health networks in South Australia.

The Women's and Children's Hospital is located in North Adelaide's picturesque parklands. Through the support of the South Australian community and Government, we continue to improve and redevelop our facilities.  More information is available on the hospital website https://www.wch.sa.gov.au/.

The Nuclear Medicine department is co-located with Medical Imaging (Radiology) on Level 2, Rogerson Building.

The department works closely with Radiology and shares facilities such as the Holding Bay for inpatient transfers and nursing and administration staff.

Within our department, we utilise a GE Discovery 870 SPECT/CT camera and a GE Lunar Bone Densitometer.

Common procedures performed include:

·         Paediatric Bone Density Studies (DEXA)

·         MAG3 Renal Studies +/- Lasix

·         Indirect Cystogram

·         DMSA Study

·         GFR Measurement

·         Pregnant VQ Lung Scans

·         MIBG scans