Leftover medical equipment at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital will be given to regional hospitals in South Australia as well as developing countries.
The Rotary Club will ship purpose-built beds to nearly 30 countries around the world.
But Country Health SA will get first dibs on the remaining stock, which regional director Debbie Martin says will allow them to prioritise funds.
"A lot of it is state-of-the-art equipment so we're genuinely happy," she said.
A re-use target at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital has meant about 25 per cent of equipment has moved over with the patients, executive director Paul Lambert said.
The old site was now eerily deserted but Mr Lambert said staff would continue to move equipment to the new $2.4 billion facility over the next two weeks.
"We've already taken key stock like drugs and the pharmacy components out, and then our teams will gradually sweep through here and remove ICT equipment and anything else that is going to be re-used," he said.
In November, work will also start on demolishing parts of the old hospital with more than two hectares of land to be returned to the botanic gardens.
Tearing down its eastern buildings would be the largest project of its kind in SA's history, costing $150 million and creating 95 jobs.
"Its transformation will open up this closed site making it accessible space for all South Australians to use," Urban Development Minister Stephen Mullighan said.
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