{"id":169221,"date":"2025-09-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=169221"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:44:00","slug":"barwon-womens-and-childrens-hospital-takes-shape-with-fresh-renders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/barwon-womens-and-childrens-hospital-takes-shape-with-fresh-renders\/","title":{"rendered":"Barwon Women&#8217;s and Children&#8217;s Hospital takes shape with fresh renders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE look and feel of the new Barwon Women&#8217;s and Children&#8217;s Hospital is a step closer to being finalised, with the release of new renders last month.<\/p>\n<p>The $500m hospital, to be built within the University Hospital precinct and completed by 2029, is the biggest health infrastructure project in Geelong&#8217;s history and will expand Barwon Health&#8217;s capacity, providing the region with greater access to women&#8217;s and children&#8217;s health facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The project will include a new children&#8217;s inpatient unit and a new neonatal and parent care unit, along with specialist outpatient clinics and more operating theatres.<\/p>\n<p>The new designs have been informed by more than 600 ideas, contributed during the project&#8217;s extensive community consultation process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/VHBA-Barwon-Womens-C_20587.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist impression of the new Barwon Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Tower, a new dedicated specialist clinic building, and the Bellerine Centre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/VHBA-Barwon-Womens-C_20602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist impression of a paediatric play space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an update, shared online last month, Barwon Health chief executive Frances Diver celebrated the progress made on the project since construction began in March.<\/p>\n<p>Continued planning, she said, sees the project edge closer to finalising the way Barwon Women&#8217;s and Children&#8217;s will look and feel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of work that&#8217;s progressed on the construction,&#8221; Ms Diver said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve successfully demolished the Gretta Volum Centre and Myer House, relocated those services over to the Youang Surgery Centre, and that&#8217;s allowed us to make way for all the foundation work that&#8217;s going on for the new Women&#8217;s and Children&#8217;s facility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/VHBA-Barwon-Womens-C_20624.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist impression of a new dedicated specialist clinic building and the Bellerine Centre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120343\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120343\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/09\/VHBA-Barwon-Womens-Childrens-artist-impression-Bellerine-Centre-new-entrance-to-maternity-services-1000x750-external.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist&#8217;s impression of the new entrance in Myer Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When works are completed, Barwon Health will operate across two buildings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have one building on the corner of Bellerine and Myer [streets], a three-story building at will house our women&#8217;s and children&#8217;s clinics \u2014 the maternity, gynaecology and paediatrics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then there&#8217;ll be a second building, an eight-story building on the other side of Bellerine Centre on Myer Street which will be for our main wards and birthing suites. There&#8217;ll be a new maternity entrance as well on Myer Street.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, in 2029, we&#8217;re going to have this fantastic facility that will provide us with much-needed expanded capacity to service the needs of our growing population here in Geelong and, in fact, across the Barwon South West region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120344\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120344\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/09\/VHBA-Barwon-Womens-Childrens-artist-impression-maternity-inpatient-room-1000x750-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist impression of a maternity inpatient room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120345\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120345\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/09\/VHBA-Barwon-Womens-Childrens-artist-impression-of-a-new-dedicated-specialist-clinic-building-1000x750-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist impression of the new dedicated specialist clinic building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, two of the tower cranes on the construction site were named in tribute of two local healthcare heroes: proud Yorta Yorta woman and midwife Aunty Athalie Madden, who has played a significant role in developing culturally inclusive maternity support in the Barwon region, and Dr Kym Anderson, whose work has been instrumental in leading paediatric diabetes and cancer services across Geelong.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Health Infrastructure Melissa Horne said it was &#8220;fantastic&#8221; to see the project coming to life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Across Victoria, there are so many remarkable individuals working in our health system,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Barwon Women&#8217;s and Children&#8217;s will be a gamechanger for mums and bubs in Geelong.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE look and feel of the new Barwon Women&#8217;s and Children&#8217;s Hospital is a step closer to being finalised, with the release of new renders last month. 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