St George Hospital’ Acute Services Building opened this week, under budget and six months ahead of schedule.

This is part of the hospital’s $277 million campus upgrade, as a continuation from the $43 million emergency department project which opened in 2014. 

Minister for Health Brad Hazzard said the new nine-level centre has the latest medical technologies. 

“St George is a major trauma centre and one of the busiest hospitals in NSW with more than 70,000 patients passing through its doors each year,” Mr Hazzard said. 

“This new building- with more beds, a new helipad and twice as many operating theatres as before- will ensure patients get first-class care, in a first-class facility,” he added. 

The new Acute Services Building includes a 52 bed intensive care and high dependency unit, cardiac catheterisation unit, 128 inpatient beds, an atrium linking to the ED, Tower Ward Block and the Clinical Services Building, sterilising services department, and eight digital and interventional operation theatres. 

Moreover, it will ensure that the Hospital’s staff can work with the best surrounds possible. 
“We need to look after the people who look after us,” Member for Oatley Mark Coure said.