More operating theatres, patient rooms and world-class services, including two new Emergency Departments, are all part of\u00a0Westmead Hospital\u2019s new 14-storey clinical tower officially unveiled today.
\nStaff and services began relocating to the new hospital building in February, with both the adult and children\u2019s Emergency Departments now open to the public.
\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said the Central Acute Services Building is the centrepiece of the more than $1 billion Westmead Health Precinct.
\n\u201cThis new state-of-the-art health facility will serve Western Sydney’s health needs for generations to come, with world-class research and education capacity embedded on every floor,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.
\n\u201cThe Westmead Health Precinct was fast-tracked under the NSW Government\u2019s COVID-19 response and will include a range of integrated adult and children\u2019s health services for the first time, including separate emergency departments.\u201d
\nMr Hazzard said the collaboration between Westmead Hospital, The Children\u2019s Hospital at Westmead and the University of Sydney will mean patients receive cutting edge treatment and care.
\n\u201cWestmead is a shining example of how to attract leading health staff and researchers to provide the very best healthcare to Western Sydney residents,\u201d Mr Hazzard said.
\nMember for Parramatta, Geoff Lee, said: \u201cWestern Sydney is expected to have a population of about 1.3 million people by 2031 so this is great news for the local community.\u201d
\nMember for Seven Hills Mark Taylor said: \u201cThe Westmead Hospital Upgrade is terrific for the local community. Further refurbishments are on track to be completed in 2022, delivering even more world-class healthcare facilities for Western Sydney residents.\u201d
\nKey features of the new Central Acute Services Building include:<\/p>\n
In March 2019, the NSW Government announced an additional $619 million for Stage 2 of The Children\u2019s Hospital at Westmead. This includes a new Paediatric Services Building and car parking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More operating theatres, patient rooms and world-class services, including two new Emergency Departments, are all part of\u00a0Westmead Hospital\u2019s new 14-storey clinical tower officially unveiled today. Staff and services began relocating to the new hospital building in February, with both the adult and children\u2019s Emergency Departments now open to the public. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the … Continue reading “WESTMEAD\u2019S WORLD-CLASS HOSPITAL OFFICIALLY OPENED”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}