Kane Constructions has commenced construction of the $30 million redevelopment of Leongatha Hospital.
The new facility will be built behind the existing buildings and will be constructed whilst maintaining almost all of the existing facilities. Once the new hospital is occupied the old buildings will be demolished.
The new hospital will enable Gippsland Southern Health Service to maintain all existing services and to provide the capacity to deliver the outcomes outlined in the South Coast Health Plan.
The new Hospital will provide:
- 25 multiday acute beds (including maternity)
- Ten same day acute beds
- Two beds for palliative care
- A dedicated emergency/urgent care facility
- An integrated primary and community care facility
- Obstetric Procedures suite
- Operating theatre and procedure room
- Medical imaging
- Pathology
- Central sterile supply department.
- Facilities for staff support, education, administration and other essential services
Patient rooms in the hospital will be almost exclusively single rooms with only two rooms being shared; all rooms will have ensuites and one room with negative pressure for patients requiring isolation.
The overall floor space of the new building will be approximately 7000 square metres -when joined to Koorooman House the total area of the new facility will be approximately 9000 square meters.
The project is being delivered via a lump sum contract with completion due in the first quarter of 2014.
