Health Infrastructure (HI) is planning to build a three-storey building in the south-eastern corner of the campus of Dubbo Hospital after its new clinical services building acquires another floor.
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In a matter of years the city’s new-look public hospital will boast two three-storey buildings.
This month state Member for Dubbo Troy Grant announced that Hansen Yuncken Pty Ltd had won the tender for construction of the extra floor on the clinical services building, built under the $91.3 million stage one and two redevelopment. It was opened a year ago by outgoing premier Mike Baird, who toured its ground and first floors where surgery and maternity services, respectively, are delivered to Dubbo and regional residents.
In his January 16 statement, Mr Grant said work on the extra floor on top of the clinical services building was “due to begin in the next few weeks”. On Friday HI put a time limit on the first phase of the $150 million stage three and four redevelopment. “The second floor of the clinical services building for the new inpatient unit will take approximately 12 months to complete,” its spokesman reported.
The second floor of the clinical services building for the new inpatient unit will take approximately 12 months to complete.
- Health Infrastructure spokesman
At the opening of the clinical services building in 2016, Dubbo Hospital general manager Debbie Bickerton said the unit would be “most likely medical” in the first instance.
Construction of the planned three-storey building may dovetail the completion of the work on the clinical services building. “The new emergency department, medical imaging unit, critical care floor, renal dialysis unit will be included in a new building which will comprise of three floors,” the HI spokesman said.
Schematic designs for stage three and four redevelopment were revealed in November. They feature about 100 “new and reconfigured” car parking spaces at the southern and south-eastern end of the hospital campus.
Details are yet to be released on where and when a promised integrated cancer centre will be built as part of stage three and four redevelopment.
The centre will have its own budget, including $25 million from the federal government.