Hospital Tours
Tours of Labour and Birth Suite are held four days a week on
Monday at 9.30am and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6.00pm.
Bookings are essential please call 9340 1368 between
8.00am - 9.00am and 3.00pm - 4.00pm
(no calls on Wednesday please)
Services and Features
Students at KEMH
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King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) is WA’s tertiary referral centre for complex pregnancies and high-risk birth. It offers world-class care and wide-ranging support services to WA women with complicated pregnancies and infants born prematurely. KEMH also accepts women with low-risk pregnancies.
Low-Risk women who wish to receive maternity care at KEMH must live within the following postcodes 6000, 6001, 6003-6016, 6051, 6053 with the exception of the Family Birth Centre which accepts 'low-risk' women from anywhere within the metropolitan area (places are limited).
Facilities
- 15 modern birthing suites, 13 with ensuites
- Deep baths for pain management during labour
- Three dedicated maternity wards
- 80-cot neonatal nursery
- Family Birth Centre on site for low-risk pregnancy and birth
Services and Features
- Your choice of model of care from options: GP shared-care, Team Midwifery Clinic, midwifery-led care and medical care
- Maternal Fetal Medicine Department for high-risk pregnancies
- Special clinics e.g. adolescent clinic and clinic for women with alcohol and drug dependency
- 24 hour anaesthetic and theatre cover
- Breastfeeding Centre of WA
- Social Work Department
- Psychological Medicine Department
- Perinatal Loss Service
- Dietician and diabetes service
- Parent Education classes
- Physiotherapy and postnatal exercise classes
- Early discharge program – Visiting Midwifery Service
- Postnatal parenting morning teas
- Mother and Baby Unit for women experiencing significant mental health problems following the birth of their baby
- Accredited Interpreter service available
- Women and Newborn Health Library
Students at KEMH
KEMH is a teaching hospital and helps train WA's future health professionals. During your stay in hospital you may have student doctors, midwives, nurses and allied health professionals as part of the team caring for you. With your support our students gain valuable knowledge and experience for their future careers.
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