The NSW government is to officially open the $723.3 million Tweed Valley Hospital today after the transferral of patients to the new facility last week.
The government says it’s the state’s largest capital health investment in the regions in history.
The new hospital is said to have capacity for 430 beds, nearly 200 more than at the former Tweed Hospital.
The government on Wednesday issued a media release listing key features at the new hospital as follows:
- Access to radiotherapy services, as part of a new integrated cancer care service;
- New satellite medical imaging in the emergency department, to speed up access to support;
- Development of an interventional cardiology service aimed at delivering diagnostic and interventional cardiology procedures for the first time in Tweed;
- A clinical training and research hub through the Northern NSW Academic Health Alliance that authorities say will bring together local universities, TAFE NSW and the Local Health district;
- A new car park with more than 1,000 free car parking spaces.
New Kingscliff ambo station, urgent homecare services
A new Urgent Care Service clinic has also been promised for the area, along with a new ambulance station in Kingscliff.
Urgent Care Service clinics are designed to ease pressure on emergency departments by providing care to people in their homes.
The government says the new service, launched only weeks ago, is initially treating elderly patients in the comfort of their home or residential aged care facility.
The service is to expand to operating seven days a week from 8.00am – 8.00pm from next month, staffed by a team of nurses, NSW Ambulance Extended Care Paramedics and allied health professionals.
Meanwhile, the new Kingscliff ambulance station is reportedly on track for completion in coming months.
The new two-level ambulance station is to replace a 65-year-old station on Marine Parade in Kingscliff.
It’s to have eight internal parking bays (including an internal wash bay), administration and office areas, staff rest facilities, gym, logistics and storage areas and on-site parking.
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