Hospital Master Plan Released

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke is strongly encouraging the Cowra community to have their say on the $70.2 million redevelopment of Cowra Hospital with the master plan released last week. Ms Cooke said the redevelopment, which will be built behind the existing hospital on the campus, will ensure patients, staff and the Cowra community have access to the high-quality health services they need close to home.

The master plan released for the Cowra Hospital includes an emergency department, general medical and surgery inpatient ward, perioperative theatre (a range of surgical procedures), maternity unit with a dedicated nursery, ambulatory care services for outpatients, including Community Health and Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol services, renal dialysis (dialysis treatment for outpatients), oncology (chemotherapy treatments), and oral health (dental clinic).

“The Cowra Hospital master plan outlines the vision of Health Infrastructure for the redevelopment which includes upgraded inpatient beds, contemporary facilities and new health services including the hospital’s first CT scanner,” Ms Cooke said.

The project will now turn its attention to a community consultation process which will be delivered by the project management company.

The first sessions were held last Thursday and Tuesday this week, with future sessions to be held in the Nguluway Room at the Cowra Shire Council office tomorrow (Thursday April 7) from 4:30pm to 5:30pm, and next Wednesday (April 13) from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Tomorrow’s session will also be available as an online webinar.

The community is encouraged to register their interest by booking on (02) 9978 5432.

Construction is on track to commence in February 2023.

The project is currently at the ‘master plan’ part of the planning phase, and will next move onto the ‘functional brief’ and ‘business case’ steps, before commencing the design phase.

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