Hospitals 26 September 2024

Swan Hill District Health emergency department redevelopment passes halfway mark

Progress continues on Swan Hill District Health's bigger and better emergency department.

The project will improve waiting times and enlarge waiting areas. This means more locals can access emergency care in the best possible settings, closer to home and loved ones.

In this video, see how construction is progressing.

Accessible video transcript

[Text on screen: Construction on the Swan Hill emergency department is well progressed]

[Images: Aerial views of the new emergency department construction]

[Text on screen: The $65 million investment will provide:
- a new state-of-the-art emergency department
- eight additional points of care

plus a new four-bed short stay unit]

[Images: Car crosses the Murray River Road Bridge; aerial view of the facility; worker views internal room under construction]

[Text on screen: More than double the capacity of the existing emergency department, meeting the growing demand for services in the region]

[Images: Footage of the interior construction; workers paint internal walls and wire up services in an internal space]

[Text on screen: With internal fit-out works progressing well, the new emergency department is on track to open in early 2025]

[Images: Aerial views of the hospital and new facility]

[Images: A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the url vhba.vic.gov.au]

[End of transcript]

Learn more about the Swan Hill Health emergency department redevelopment.