The Allan Labor Government's massive expansion of Casey Hospital's emergency department is full steam ahead - with the project marking a major milestone.
Minister for Health Infrastructure Melissa Horne has announced that builder Icon will deliver the project, which will allow Casey Hospital to treat an extra 52,000 emergency patients every single year.
The expansion is part of a $280 million investment to boost patient capacity of the emergency departments at both Casey Hospital and Werribee Mercy Hospital, improving patient flow and reducing wait times for local families.
The project will deliver a range of new facilities to deliver more care for patients, including more immediate care cubicles, short stay beds, resuscitation bays, ambulatory care spaces, procedure rooms, consult and interview rooms, as well as a dedicated mental health zone and satellite imaging area.
Casey Hospital will feature a specially designed children's emergency department zone, offering a private, calm and compassionate environment for paediatric emergency care.
The emergency department is being delivered on the site of an existing public carpark at Casey Hospital. To ensure patients and staff can continue to access adequate parking when they need it throughout the construction period, Monash Health has built and opened a new multi-storey car park at the hospital.
The Casey and Werribee emergency department expansions are expected to create more than 1,000 jobs at the peak of construction. Site establishment works are scheduled to begin in the coming months, paving the way for major construction to start soon after.
The expansion is being delivered by the Victorian Health Building Authority in partnership with Monash Health and Icon.
Quotes As put by Minister for Health Infrastructure Melissa Horne
"This project will support the hardworking medical staff Casey Hospital to treat 52,000 more emergency patients every single year."
"The expanded emergency department will deliver faster access to care, more treatment spaces and a purpose-built children's emergency zone, ensuring families in Melbourne's south-east get the emergency care they need, now and into the future."
As stated by Member for South-Eastern Metropolitan Region Lee Tarlamis
"Local health care workers deserve the very best - this massive upgrade will give them the world-class facilities they need, to provide the very best care for our community."
As stated by Member for South-Eastern Metropolitan Region Michael Galea
"This is a massive expansion of emergency capacity at Casey Hospital - it will reduce wait times, meaning more local families can access the care they need, in modern facilities, faster."
