Govt releases look inside new $3.2bn Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Fresh images of the under-construction new Women’s and Children’s Hospital have been released, as the medical centre’s eight-storey carpark nears completion. See a fly-through video of the $3bn complex.
The state government has released a new fly-through video of its $3.2 billion new Women’s and Children’s Hospital project as construction continues on an eight-storey carpark.
New footage shows a preview of the hospital’s interiors for the first time, ahead of the construction of the main part of the building, which is expected to start later this year.
The new WCH sits on what was the heritage Thebarton Police Barracks, which was demolished to make way for the medical facility, next to the newly built Royal Adelaide Hospital in the northwestern park lands.
Today, the state government said the project remained on track for completion by 2031, and would include 414 overnight beds – an additional 56 compared to the current hospital – and further capacity to add an extra 20 beds in the future.
Three-quarters of the carpark structure was now completed, with the finished product to have 1300 parking spaces – a 40 per cent increase on the current North Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Meanwhile, new advisors have been onboarded to assist in designing specific areas of the hospital, like paediatrics and adolescent mental health services.
This phase of design will focus on patient flows and the functionality of each department, including the location of equipment and technology.
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Premier Peter Malinauskas said it was “an incredibly exciting time for the project and the future of our new world-class Women’s and Children’s Hospital”.
“This hospital is being designed to stand the test of time – we’re planning for now and into the next 100 years for South Australian women, mothers, babies, children and their families.”
But state Opposition leader Ashton Hurn was not convinced the project would be completed by 2031.
“If you haven’t got a car park, you haven’t got a design, and haven’t laid one single brick, I’m not sure how South Australians can have confidence that this would be ready in just five years,” she said.
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