CHRIS THOMSON
JANUARY 25 UPDATE: The private St John of God Hospital has won approval to make what it it has dubbed “WA’s largest ever private health sector investment”.
On Monday night the pictured upgrades to the hospital were approved by a state government development assessment panel.
The expansion will increase the hospital’s capacity from 357 beds to 522 beds, and hhelp it keep pace with the massive and public Fiona Stanley Hospital rising next door beside the freeway at Murdoch.
The revamp will allow St John of God to cater for 25,000 more patients each year.
If built as approved, the $234 million upgrade will include:
- a seven-level, 120-bed medical centre with pharmacy and cafe;
- a six-level ward and 20-place cancer centre;
- eight extra operating theatres;
- an expanded intensive care unit;
- new 30-place endoscopy unit with five procedure rooms;
- a training and education centre;
- an extra 437 parking bays, boosting the number of bays to 1824; and
- refurbishment of the original ward block built in 1994 and of the hospital chapel.
The hospital plans to start building in the first half of this year, and complete the job by early 2015.
St John of God has billed the project “WA’s largest ever private health sector investment”.
The plans encompass stage 1 of the revamp. For stage 2, a multistorey carpark and child care centre are on the drawing board.
