The Hornsby community is set to benefit from a super-sized emergency department, roof-top helipad and Australia’s first public hospital robotic pharmacy at the newly redeveloped $265 million Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the revamped hospital would ensure frontline health workers have the best facilities and equipment in the country.
“We are making the right investments in communities across the State to strengthen our frontline services so we can deliver what people need sooner and closer to home,” Mr Perrottet said.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the expanded emergency department had already been put to the test during the Omicron outbreak, providing safe, high-quality care to local residents.
“The new emergency department is three times the size of the previous ED and has purpose-built isolation rooms for patients who may be infectious, as well as a separate emergency unit for children,” Mr Hazzard said.
“The entire facility is world-class – from the entrance to the new outpatients department, intensive care unit and the first public hospital robotic pharmacy in Australia.”
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital now boasts a roof-top helipad to enable faster and safer medical transfers of critically ill patients.
The new Clinical Services Building includes:
- A combined Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit
- Combined Respiratory/Cardiac and Coronary Care beds co-located with a Cardiac Investigations Unit
- Ambulatory Care Centre (Outpatients Department)
- Medical Imaging
- Paediatrics
- Medical Assessment Unit
- Inpatients Units (including general medicine, rehabilitation, stroke and dementia/delirium beds)
- Helipad, and
- Co-located education space with The University of Sydney.
Member for Ku-ring-gai, Alister Henskens said the upgrades will continue to strengthen local health services, attract more clinical staff and ensure the community has access to high quality healthcare closer to home.
“These new health facilities have been designed in consultation with health and support staff as well as community representatives, ensuring they meet the health needs of our whole community, including seniors and those raising a family,” Mr Henskens said.
“Even more improvements are on the way, with Stage 2A of the project expected to be complete by the end of the year. The new building will include oral health and community health services, such as chemotherapy and renal dialysis.”
