The new Royal Adelaide Hospital

THE COUNTDOWN TO THE NEW ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL:

* The new RAH will open its doors to patients at 7.00 am on Tuesday, September 5, 2017.

* The current RAH's emergency department will close at the same time.

* The hospital will be the largest in SA spanning the equivalent of three city blocks

* Current RAH patients will move over three days, from September 4-6.

* The new hospital will have approximately 800 beds compared to the 680 at the current RAH and will care for an estimated 85,000 inpatients and 400,000 outpatients each year.

* The hospital has been plagued by delays and cost blowouts with an estimated final cost of more than $2 billion.

* Its most expensive piece of equipment will be a $4 million hyperbaric chamber.

* The hospital will use robots to transport food and equipment around the building.