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Green light for new emergency department at Hollywood Private Hospital

Mar 04, 2020

Final approval has been granted for Hollywood Private Hospital to build a new 14-bay emergency department.

Hollywood’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Mott, said the new $67.1 million emergency department would feature a resuscitation room, plaster/treatment room, consultation rooms and three 30-bed wards to accommodate emergency patient admissions.

It will be the second private emergency department for Perth, and the first north of the Swan River.

“This is a unique facility for people who live north of the river as it provides them with the option of immediate access to private emergency care,” Mr Mott said.

“This will be Ramsay Health Care’s eleventh E.D. nationally, so we are an experienced operator in this area. As a private E.D., we anticipate patients experiencing cardiac symptoms, who have sustained a sports or surgical injury, and the elderly with medical conditions will account for the majority of E.D. presentations.”

Construction is expected to be completed late 2021.

The emergency department is the final stage in a $200 million five-year investment by Ramsay Health Care to expand Hollywood.

The new emergency department is expected to create over 100 new jobs including nursing, allied health staff and doctors.

“We are looking forward to working with the General Practitioner community in our area to provide them with information and support in relation to the new E.D.”