INVESTMENT
NEW OPERATING THEATRES
DIALYSIS UNIT
PATIENT RECEPTION AND RECOVERY FACILITIES
Scope
The Broadmeadows Hospital Surgery Centre project delivered:
- two new operating theatres with anaesthetic induction rooms and set up areas
- new patient reception and recovery facilities
- relocating the endoscopy suite to the new theatre complex
- provision of space for a second endoscopy suite in the future
- expansion of radiology services and radiation safety within the new operating theatres
- improved pathology collection systems to meet increased patient volumes
- on-site pharmacy expansion.
Benefits
The Broadmeadows Hospital Surgery Centre project aimed to achieve the following benefits:
Meet growing health needs
Adding two new theatres, expanding on-site pharmacy and radiology services and improving pathology collection can support Broadmeadows Hospital to meet the growing health and wellbeing needs of the north west.
Elective surgery support
With two new operating theatres, Broadmeadows Hospital now has the capacity to to provide more specialised and complex emergency and elective surgical procedures.
Services closer to home
Accessing surgery closer to home is more convenient for patients and it can reduce the need for patients and families to travel longer distances for treatment and care.
Partners
This project was delivered by the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority in partnership with:
- Northern Health
- Cockram Construction (builder).
Please note: As of 1 February 2021, the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority (VHHSBA) became the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA).
News
13 November 2017
Broadmeadows surgery patient boost
The Victorian Government's expansion of the Broadmeadows Hospital will give patients in Melbourne’s north faster and better access to elective surgery.Gallery
Location
- 35 Johnstone Street, Broadmeadows, Victoria, 3047, Australia
- Operated by: Northern Health
- (03) 8345 5000
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