{"id":8427,"date":"2020-09-29T12:22:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8427"},"modified":"2020-09-29T12:22:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:22:40","slug":"goulburn-hospital-reaches-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/29\/goulburn-hospital-reaches-new-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"GOULBURN HOSPITAL REACHES NEW HEIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The $150 million Goulburn Hospital redevelopment is approaching completion, with the new four-storey Clinical Services Building reaching its highest point of construction.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said the redevelopment is boosting jobs and the local economy, a key part of the NSW Government\u2019s COVID-19 Recovery Plan.<br \/>\n\u201cThe redevelopment will see a new, modern health facility built that will service the Goulburn community now and into the future,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis $150 million investment has also brought nearly 500 new construction jobs to the region helping stimulate the local economy.\u201d<br \/>\nHealth Minister Brad Hazzard said the $150 million investment is one of many health infrastructure projects across regional and rural NSW under the NSW Government\u2019s record investment of $10.1 billion this term.<br \/>\n\u201cGoulburn Hospital will soon have the world-class health facility the community deserves and one that will be a magnet for health staff to the region,\u201d Mr Hazzard said.<br \/>\n\u201cMore than 65 per cent of the 80 hospital and health facility redevelopments or upgrades underway in NSW are in regional and rural areas.\u201d<br \/>\nMember for Goulburn Wendy Tuckerman said the new building will bring Goulburn\u2019s facilities into the 21st century.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a great opportunity to thank the staff, builders and everyone in the community involved in getting this incredible project off the ground,\u201d Ms Tuckerman said.<br \/>\nThe Clinical Services Building at the Goulburn Hospital and Health Service includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergency Department and Medical Imaging Department;<\/li>\n<li>Intensive Care Unit;<\/li>\n<li>Operating theatres, day surgery and recovery areas;<\/li>\n<li>Medical, surgical, paediatric, rehabilitation and geriatric inpatient units with designated palliative care beds; and<\/li>\n<li>Maternity unit and ambulatory paediatric and antenatal clinics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Community Mental Health will also be expanded and there will be more onsite parking.<br \/>\nConstruction is\u00a0due for completion\u00a0in late 2021 ahead of opening to patients in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $150 million Goulburn Hospital redevelopment is approaching completion, with the new four-storey Clinical Services Building reaching its highest point of construction. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the redevelopment is boosting jobs and the local economy, a key part of the NSW Government\u2019s COVID-19 Recovery Plan. \u201cThe redevelopment will see a new, modern health facility built &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/29\/goulburn-hospital-reaches-new-heights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GOULBURN HOSPITAL REACHES NEW HEIGHTS&#8221;<\/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-8427","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\/8427","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=8427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}