PHOTO: Concept design for Taranaki Base Hospital stage two redevelopment
Taranaki’s main hospital is set to get a $300 million new wing housing improved emergency, maternity and intensive care services, Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced.
The east wing is the latest stage of the major redevelopment of the hospital, called Project Maunga, and will be open within four years, Clark said during a launch event on Sunday afternoon.
The project, funded from the $1.7 billion set aside in the Government’s budget for hospitals and health facilities, will house critical and acute care facilities including a new Emergency Department, which will be twice as large as the current ED and Intensive Care Unit, a rooftop helipad, purpose-built maternity facilities and delivery suite, a new postnatal ward and neonatal unit, upgraded laboratory and radiology services, and a dedicated tupapaku facility (morgue).
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