Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas highlights the features of Albury hospital's new emergency department before opening the $36 million building on April 4, 2024.
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00:00 I'm here at Wodonga Health today for the opening of the new emergency department.
00:07 Part of a $36 million commitment to redevelop the emergency department, turn the old emergency
00:15 department into a short stay unit.
00:17 I've had the opportunity now to tour the new ED and it is absolutely best in class.
00:23 What we see for the first time is that there is a separate triage and waiting space for
00:29 children.
00:30 Parents across our border communities can be assured that their children will now receive
00:36 expert paediatric care when they present to emergency here at Aubrey Wodonga at the Aubrey
00:42 campus.
00:44 Other features of the new ED include a number of different configurations of beds.
00:50 So we have capacity for rapid access treatment.
00:54 We have capacity to cohort different patients based on their different needs.
01:00 Some of the other features of the emergency department, as I said we've got a four bed
01:05 recess zone, six to eight fast track beds and 16 acute care beds.
01:12 So this will deliver the emergency department capacity that this health service needs now
01:18 and into the future.
01:20 And what we've seen here with the new emergency department is the standard that the community
01:25 can expect as we get about delivering the new $558 million clinical services tower,
01:32 co-located here on site with existing infrastructure.
01:36 Thank you to everyone for your support and dedication to what is very much a shared vision.
01:42 Let us move forward with confidence and determination knowing that together we can achieve great
01:51 things.
01:52 There you are.
01:53 Congratulations.
01:54 Congratulations Jonathan.
01:55 Thank you.
01:56 And again thank you to everyone that made this possible.
01:57 This really belongs to the community today.
01:58 And it's a great occasion.
01:58 Thank you.
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