Wyong Hospital expansion plan approved
With the population serviced by Wyong Hospital expected to grow by more than 17 per cent in under ten years, a multimillion-dollar revamp of Wyong Hospital has not come before time.
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The first major expansion of Wyong Hospital since the early 2000 has been approved by the State Government.
The $145 million revamp will include a six storey clinical services building to improve and replace outdated facilities at the hospital allowing it to better cater to the health needs of the rapidly growing northern areas of the Central Coast.
The construction of the building is expected to be done in a single stage with work to
startin this month and be completed by February 2022.
The new building will include a revamped emergency department, medical imaging and psychiatric emergency centre on level two. Above this on level three will be the intensive care unit, paediatrics, and then on floors above that inpatient units, acute medical units and associated plant.
There will be parking for 114 vehicles as well as special parking for ambulances.
According to the environmental impact statement lodged as part of the application process, The Central Coast Local Health District already provides hospital and health services to 200,000 residents and this is expected to rise to rise by 17.6% by 2027 to reach a total of 373,284 people.
“The health district is forecasting a significant increase in health service demand in the Wyong area due to a growing and ageing population and evolving health care needs,” the documents said.
“Wyong Hospital is currently experiencing significant limitations in its ability to meet health services demand of the local population.
“In addition, coupled with the existing accessibility constraints to health services in the Wyong area and the Central Coast generally, health services demand in the Wyong area is forecast to increase overall significantly.
“The existing Wyong Hospital in its current configuration is at capacity, with several facilities that do not enable the delivery of efficient contemporary models of health care. The projected growth in health care demand therefore necessitates the need for development.”
There were no objections to the proposal although traffic, road safety, parking and tree removal were raised but later addressed in the final plan.