The new $140 million Sunshine Private Hospital has reached the final stages of development, with the core hospital structure now complete.
The hospital owned by Australian Unity will open its doors in January, 2023, with the new facility set to create what experts describe as a “health triangle”.
Final stages of development to the six-storey private facility include the interior fit-out and installation of medical equipment following the construction which began in April, 2021.
The private hospital is being built directly opposite the Sunshine Hospital on Furlong Road in St Albans.
Stage one of the hospital opening will include a 30-bed medical and surgical ward, four operating theatres, an endoscopy suite including a dedicated day of surgery area, high dependency beds and a 21-bed mental health inpatient unit.
Australian Unity’s head of healthcare property, Chris Smith said the hospital will support the needs of communities in the west.
“We are now another step closer to opening Sunshine Private Hospital, which will provide Melbourne’s West with world-class healthcare capabilities to meet local community needs for decades to come,” Mr Smith said.
Unitas Healthcare chief executive Linda Edgerton said the hospital will relieve pressure on health services in a growing population in the west.
“With the population of Melbourne’s West forecast to grow by 60 percent over the next fifteen years, our medical and surgical capabilities and specialist mental health inpatient and outpatient services will all play a critical role in nurturing the physical and mental health of Australians, alongside public health services at Sunshine’s health, wellbeing and education precinct.
“With the hospital’s structure now completed, we look forward to moving in next year.”
Max Hatzoglou
