St John of God to build new $120 million hospital in Berwick
A NEW hospital joint venture will include 190 new beds, six operating theatres, and an intensive care unit by 2017.
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ST JOHN of God Hospital Berwick will build a new $120 million hospital on Kangan Drive.
The hospital will be a joint venture with Generation Healthcare REIT and is expected to open in 2017.
A further $30 million will be spent on state of the art equipment, furnishings, commissioning the new facilities and upgrading the hospital’s Gibb St facilities.
SJOG Berwick chief executive officer Lisa Normal said the new hospital would provide more than 190 new beds, six operating theatres, two endoscopy theatres, a cardiac/vascular catheter laboratory and six birthing suites.
She said the new hospital was needed to keep up with demand for health services in the City of Casey and Shire of Cardinia.
“It will also provide the first intensive care unit for the region and a comprehensive range of cardiac services, including a dedicated cardiac unit,” Ms Normal said.
“We recently opened a new day oncology unit on the new Kangan Drive site and the new hospital will offer additional cancer services and complete our vision to provide a complete range of oncology care to improve cancer survival through improved diagnosis and treatment options to the people of this community.”