Griffith Base Hospital Redevelopment Nears Completion

The $250 million Griffith Base Hospital Redevelopment is nearing completion.

Independent Member for Murray Helen Dalton joined Minister for Regional Health Ryan Park for a tour through the new hospital’s state-of-the-art Clinical Services Building, which will provide contemporary, high-quality healthcare under the one roof.

The new Clinical Services Building is on track for completion in the coming months, which will be followed by an operational commissioning period before health services are safely transferred from the current hospital to the new facility; expected to open in early 2025.

The new hospital will include:

• An expanded Emergency Department
• Two operating theatres, and an additional procedure room in the perioperative suite
• A new and expanded ICU
• Expanded medical imaging services and pharmacy services
• Maternity and birthing and paediatric services
• Surgical and medical wards with four new mental health inpatient beds to care for people over 16 years of age with low complexity mental health conditions who require a short stay admission
• New aged care and rehabilitation beds
• Three palliative care rooms, a family lounge and an outdoor terrace within the medical inpatient unit to provide end of life care for patients
• An expansion of ambulatory care space for the community to access more specialist clinics including renal, oncology, hospital in the home, and expanded outpatient services.

The new three storey Clinical Services Building is located behind the existing hospital and when it opens, it will be accessible through the existing main entry until the new main entry is completed.

Health services continue to operate during construction.

Once the new hospital opens, work will focus on carpark construction, refurbishment of the Ambulatory Care Hub and landscaping of the health campus.

Griffith Local Health Advisory Committee Chair Margaret King said the LHAC would be organising an open day for the new hospital.

“We’ll be assisting with the tours,” Ms King said.

“It’s only a matter of months now.

“We had an update - showing us all the pictures.

“The space up in ICU - it’s going to be so different, with separate cubicles.

“There’ll still be a few challenges once it is opened.

“It will take a fair part of next year to finish.

“Old buildings need to be demolished.

“People will still use the current entrance - there will be a corridor you walk down that then joins into the hospital.

“The hospital may be operational, but it still takes time after that to finalise everything.

“There’s lots of signage.

“There is a time lapse video of the building which is really interesting to watch.”

Independent Member for Murray Helen Dalton said the Griffith Base Hospital redevelopment would support contemporary models of care and improve healthcare experiences for our community.

“I’m glad this new hospital has been designed in close collaboration with staff and clinicians and includes inpatient rooms with ensuites, a new café and landscaped community courtyards and gardens” Ms Dalton said.

“Projects like this one not only support the health and wellbeing of our community, but also deliver direct and indirect jobs in health, construction and related industries.”

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