Plans reveal what Caboolture Hospital will look like after $400 million upgrade

A $400 million upgrade of Caboolture hospital including a new cardiac ward, expanded emergency department, operating theatres and new carpark are just 12 months away from completion.

The Caboolture Hospital will be a flurry of activity this year as construction teams look to meet the 2023 opening date of the new multistorey carpark and clinical services building.

Both buildings are part of a $399.5 million redevelopment project which started in 2020.

The new six-storey carpark will increase parking capacity by more than 500 to 1640 spaces.

It will be decked out with accessible parking spaces, motorcycle spaces and charging stations for electric vehicles.

When the new carpark opens in early 2023 patients, visitors and staff will have to pay to park on the hospital grounds.

A Metro North Health spokeswoman said fees were yet to be determined.

“Fees will be shared with patients, visitors and staff, along with how to access concessional parking rates, closer to the opening of the multistorey carpark,” she said.

All carparking across Caboolture Hospital will be operated by Metro North Health which is the same way the recently opened paid-for-parking at Redcliffe Hospital operates.

Fees to park at Redcliffe Hospital start at $5 for 1-2 hours and are capped at $13 for the day.

The new five-storey clinical services building is also expected to open in early 2023.

An artist's impression of what Caboolture Hospital’s main entrance will look like after the redevelopment. May 2020

“Fit-out and facade activities in the clinical services building as well as the concrete pours for levels 2, 3 and 4, are just some of the key construction activities that will be undertaken this year,” the spokeswoman said.

The building sits between the existing hospital and McKean St and will include linkways on level one and two connecting the building to the existing hospital.

The new building will feature a cafe, visitors lounge and expanded emergency department on level one.

Level two will be open to a perioperative unit with six operating theatres, two endoscopy rooms, 16 post anaesthetic care unit bays, 20 planned procedure ward bays and a 10-bed ICU.

On level three there will be a palliative care unit and geriatric evaluation and management unit.

Level four will be reserved for cardiac treatments including a chest pain assessment unit, cardiac care, and multiple medical wards.

The plant and equipment will be stored on level five.

The project will also create up to 600 jobs for the region, with 350 workers onsite each day during peak construction periods.