{"id":8350,"date":"2022-11-11T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/upgrading-dandenong-hospital\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T07:53:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T07:53:15","slug":"upgrading-dandenong-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/upgrading-dandenong-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"UPGRADING DANDENONG HOSPITAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will build a better Dandenong Hospital as part of our Hospital Plan for the South-East <\/em>\u2013 delivering better care for families in the booming suburbs.<\/p>\n

Every year, the hardworking nurses and doctors at Dandenong Hospital admit more than 31,000 patients and treat more than 79,000 people in the emergency department.<\/p>\n

Our south-eastern suburbs are growing rapidly, and the local hospital needs to grow to meet the needs of the community.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already invested heavily in the south-east. The emergency department at Casey Hospital was funded in our latest budget \u2013 and Labor has promised a massive redevelopment of Monash Medical Centre if we\u2019re re-elected.<\/p>\n

Now, an investment of up to $295 million will upgrade Dandenong Hospital, including an expanded emergency department expected to treat an extra 12,000 patients every year, a new intensive care unit and a new outpatient clinic.<\/p>\n

This investment brings our Hospital Plan for the South-East<\/em> up to $982 million \u2013 delivering better care closer to home for locals in our south-eastern suburbs.<\/p>\n

As part of this investment, two new floors will be built above the expanded emergency department, delivering a new intensive care unit, operating theatres and a new outpatient clinic for specialist appointments.<\/p>\n

Work on the Dandenong Hospital redevelopment is expected to start by 2026 and create more than 750 jobs through construction alone \u2013 boosting job opportunities for locals in the south-east.<\/p>\n

Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas made the announcement today while touring the Victorian Heart Hospital \u2013 where major construction on the $577 million facility is now complete.<\/p>\n

The Andrews Labor Government has delivered Australia\u2019s first specialist, standalone cardiac hospital \u2013 which will provide life-saving treatments and diagnoses for thousands of Victorians each year when it opens for patients in a few months.<\/p>\n

Operated by Monash Health and located on the Monash University Clayton campus, the Victorian Heart Hospital has capacity for 206 beds and will provide up to 2,150 cardiac surgeries, 28,300 emergency presentations and 108,000 consultations and outpatient appointments every year.<\/p>\n

The new site integrates clinical cardiology services, research and education \u2013 allowing patients with heart disease to access world-leading cardiac care and ground-breaking research under one roof.<\/p>\n

It will also play an important role in training Australia\u2019s future cardiac medicine, nursing and allied health professionals, with more than 300 undergraduate students, 260 postgraduate students and 20 PhD students to train on site each year.<\/p>\n

Cardiac patients in country Victoria will also benefit from modern telehealth facilities, connecting specialists with regional patients and their local doctors, reducing the need to travel to and from specialist appointments.<\/p>\n

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia, with one Australian dying every 12 minutes from cardiovascular disease. By building Australia\u2019s first dedicated heart hospital, the Labor Government is taking an important step towards better heart health for all Australians.<\/p>\n

Matthew Guy\u2019s Liberals can\u2019t be trusted to build the hospitals Victorians need. When they were last in government, the Liberals cut $1 billion from health \u2013 and they botched the delivery of the Eye and Ear Hospital, which Labor stepped in to fix.<\/p>\n

As one of Jeff Kennett\u2019s most trusted advisers, Matthew Guy helped the Liberals privatise public hospitals, close more than 1000 hospital beds and shut many of our vital regional health services.<\/p>\n

Only Labor can be trusted to invest in and build the hospitals that give Victorians the very best healthcare \u2013 because only Labor is doing what matters.<\/p>\n

The Victorian Heart Hospital was delivered by the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA), in partnership with Monash Health, Monash University and John Holland.<\/p>\n

Quotes attributable to Premier Daniel Andrews<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Victorian Heart Hospital will change lives and save lives \u2013 further cementing Victoria at the forefront of medical research, while boosting our healthcare workforce with the next generation of cardiac specialists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOnly Labor is doing what matters \u2013 delivering a better Dandenong Hospital as part of our Hospital Plan for the South-East.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Quotes attributable to Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMatthew Guy\u2019s Liberals promised Victorians an Eye and Ear Hospital. Instead, they bungled the project by failing to properly plan for significant asbestos removal and left behind a $30 million black hole.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Liberals failed to deliver hundreds of hospital beds they promised \u2013 just like they won\u2019t deliver on their promises now. They just can\u2019t be trusted to provide the health services Victorians need.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Quote attributable to Member for Oakleigh Steve Dimopoulos<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Victorian Heart Hospital is the first of its kind in Australia \u2013 and it\u2019ll join an elite league of facilities around the world as a centre of excellence for the research, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Quote attributable to Member for Dandenong Gabrielle Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOur south-eastern suburbs are booming, so the local hospitals need to grow too. Labor\u2019s Hospital Plan for the South-East will deliver an upgraded Casey Hospital, Monash Medical Centre and Dandenong Hospital \u2013 making sure locals get quality care closer to home.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will build a better Dandenong Hospital as part of our Hospital Plan for the South-East \u2013 delivering better care for families in the booming suburbs. Every year, the hardworking nurses and doctors at Dandenong Hospital admit more than 31,000 patients and treat more than 79,000 people in the emergency department. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9245,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8350\/revisions\/9245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}