Orange Private Hospital: Ramsay Health Care have purchased OPH after two months of voluntary administration

Staff are expected to face the chopping block after a private hospital in the state’s west has been bought out – two months after entering voluntary administration. Here’s the latest.

A private hospital –which entered voluntary administration in May after opening just two years ago – has been purchased in the state’s west.

The administrators David Kennedy, Robyn Duggan and Morgan Kelly of Ersnt and Young have accepted Ramsay Health Care to purchase Orange Private Hospital.

The hospital was formally owned by Nexus Hospitals within the Bloomfield Medical Centre.

Operators of Dudley Private Hospital in Orange of more than two decades, Ramsay state they will continue to service Dudley as their “main hospital” in town, while Orange Private Hospital will become known for its short-stay facilities.

Orange Private Hospital. Photo: Central Western Daily.

Dudley Private Hospital chief executive officer Mandy Rutherford said the company will also be rebranding the private hospital to Ramsay Surgical Centre Orange.

“Ramsay Surgical Centre Orange will become a short-stay hospital for patients undergoing treatments who do not require an overnight stay,” Ms Rutherford said.

She said the site features operating theatres, recovery areas, a central sterile supply department and pre-admission area.

The hospital is expected to be continued to be used for same-day procedures such as ophthalmology, gastroenterology, pain management, dental and urology.

“There is significant expertise in the day surgery unit at our existing Dudley Private Hospital which we will be able to leverage to enhance the service levels at Ramsay Surgical Centre Orange,” she said.

“Any patients requiring overnight stays will be treated at our nearby Dudley Private Hospital and we have ensured we have capacity to do this.

“We are passionate about providing regional and rural residents with access to high quality health care, which is why we have established hospitals and health services in regional areas around Australia.”

Ms Rutherford said there will be job cuts with the recent purchase of the facility.

NSWNMA Assistant General Secretary Shay Candish Source: Facebook

NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association general secretary Shaye Candish said the association is “assisting members throughout this process and seeking to work collaboratively with the administrator and new owners”.