WITH works ongoing at Bendigo Health\u2019s new Clinical Services Campus, Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards visited the site last week for an update.<\/p>\n
After a tour through the facilities, Ms Edwards viewed the facility\u2019s developing hydrotherapy pool which she said is \u201ccoming along very nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople will have access to changerooms directly into the hydrotherapy pool, and of course we\u2019ve got other allied health services incorporated into this facility when it\u2019s finished,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The services available through the Clinical Services Campus will include speech therapy, renal dialysis, dental therapy, and physiotherapy.<\/p>\n
Ms Edwards said the facilities will offer convenient rehabilitative services in the one location.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is about making sure that people who have an experience at Bendigo Health\u2026 can come straight back over here to have access to the rehabilitation they need,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving it all here under the one roof is going to be a huge advantage for all of those patients. What this will give us is a beautiful health precinct.\u201d<\/p>\n
With construction initially slated for completion by the end of the year, Bendigo Health CEO Peter Faulkner gave an update on the timeline of delivery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe breast screen service\u2026 is currently located down at St John of God hospital. It\u2019ll be the first service to move in to here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re anticipating that will be late next month. We\u2019ll commission the building progressively.<\/p>\n
\u201cATCO, the main builder, are doing their very best to ensure that the project is delivered as close to time and budget as is feasible.\u201d<\/p>\n
The project is being delivered with almost $60 million of State Government funding. It was announced in the State budget of 2018, and was expected to create 180 jobs.<\/p>\n
The new facilities will mean the destruction of the two towers at the Anne Caudle campus which will be utilised as an open public and events space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WITH works ongoing at Bendigo Health\u2019s new Clinical Services Campus, Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards visited the site last week for an update. After a tour through the facilities, Ms Edwards viewed the facility\u2019s developing hydrotherapy pool which she said is \u201ccoming along very nicely.\u201d \u201cPeople will have access to changerooms directly into the […]<\/p>\n