The State Minister for Health, Martin Foley attended GV Health on Tuesday, January 17 along with local Member for Shepparton District, Suzanna Sheed, to officiate the opening of the newly constructed inpatient unit and emergency facilities.
The new inpatient unit includes 10 Critical Care Unit beds to treat the sickest patients, 64 inpatient beds and four new
operating theatres as part of the State Government’s $229.3 million redevelopment of Goulburn Valley Health.
The upgrade works have also doubled the capacity of Shepparton Hospital’s emergency department, providing 36 treatment spaces, including nine short stay beds for patients who need care for less than 24 hours.
Last year, the redevelopment also delivered a new single-storey dialysis unit which provides capacity to treat twice as many patients. Local new mums will also have everything they need closer to home with a 12-bed maternity unit, 10-cot special care nursery and a 12-bed paediatric ward, which are expected to be completed in mid-2021.
An additional $2 million from the Regional Health Infrastructure Fund has been provided to start planning for the second stage of the Goulburn Valley Health redevelopment at Shepparton Hospital. The redevelopment program is creating more than 140 jobs during peak construction.
