The Royal Adelaide Hospital is Adelaide's largest hospital. With 800 beds, the RAH provides tertiary health care services for South Australia and provides secondary care clinical services to residents of Adelaide's city centre and inner suburbs.The hospital was founded in the Adelaide Park Lands on the north side of North Terrace between Frome Road and the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in 1856, and was officially proclaimed "Royal" on 26 November 1949. It is adjacent to both the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. Its campus is also home to the University of Adelaide's Medical School, the Adelaide Dental Hospital, the Hanson Institute and SA Pathology.The new Royal Adelaide Hospital (nRAH)To be completed in 2017, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital is currently being built in the Adelaide Park Lands on the north side of North Terrace, between Morphett Street and West Terrace. The hospital grounds will encompass 10 hectares within central Adelaide, and upon completion later this year, is set to be the most expensive hospital ever built in the world, with a total cost of approximately A$2.1 billion. It is the single largest infrastructure project in South Australia's history.