Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has joined her Western Australian counterpart to turn the first sod of the construction of the $360 million Midland Health Campus in Perth.

 

Due for completion in 2015, the new hospital will provide 307 new public beds, with St John of God Health Care establishing a 60 bed private hospital within the Midland complex.

 

“For the first time, people from Midland and the surrounding area will have access to chemotherapy, high dependency care and coronary care and children will be able to be treated in a dedicated paediatric ward," Ms Plibersek.

 

“The design of the facility is patient centred and inpatient wards will have 80 per cent single rooms. The campus will have about 1,000 staff and for the first time deliver cancer services, intensive care and high dependency care to the eastern suburbs," Mr Hames said.

 

The hospital’s design allows for expansion to 464 beds when required.