Hospital expansion will double size of emergency room

Latrobe Regional Hospital in Victoria, Australia, will add two new two-story buildings


An expansion of the Latrobe Regional Hospital in Victoria, Australia, will double the size of the emergency room and add two new two-story buildings, according to an article on the Latrobe Valley Express.

The new 29-bed emergency department will be up from 12 beds, and there will be a 12-bed short stay unit for ED patients waiting to be transferred to a ward.

There also would be two new 32-bed wards.

The hospital secured $73 million for the expansion in last year's state budget.

Read the article.

 



December 3, 2015


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