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First Look at Latrobe Regional Hospital Expansion
Labor Government ensuring health services access to community
The Andrews Labor Government is ensuring the Latrobe Valley community has access to the health services they need thanks to a major expansion of Latrobe Regional Hospital.
Minister for Health Martin Foley today released the final designs for the next stage of the $217 million expansion ensuring families in Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley have timely access to world-class medical facilities.
The designs reveal a first look at the hospital’s exterior, grounds and internal fit-outs, which have been carefully considered to create a welcoming atmosphere for patients and families.
The expansion will deliver a new emergency department resuscitation bay, three operating suites, six intensive care unit beds, 44 inpatient beds and a medical imaging and pathology unit.
Maternity services are also being expanded with the addition of two new birthing suites, six maternity beds, six special care nursery cots and a kids play area – ensuring more mums can give birth closer to home.
The expansion will create 600 jobs during the peak of construction and once complete will allow for an additional 6,200 elective surgeries per year.
A $73 million expansion of the Latrobe Regional Hospital (Stage 2) was completed in 2017 and delivered 30 new acute inpatient beds, 12 new short stay beds, a new emergency department and Gippsland’s first cardiac catheterisation laboratory.
Source: http://gippsland.com/
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