The final details of the Wyong Hospital redevelopment have been unveiled with confirmation that a new and expanded Medical Day Unit will open by the middle of this year.
The Medical Day Unit, which will sit in a refurbished part of the old hospital building, will open by mid-2022 and has been expanded from four treatment bays to 12.
Patients with chronic or acute conditions such as Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or Crohn’s disease can be referred to the Medical Day Unit for treatments such as blood transfusion or to receive medications or fluid via an IV drip.
Wyong Hospital General Manager, Chris Bone, said that previously some of these patients would have needed to be admitted to hospital for treatment.
“The Medical Day Unit is much more convenient for patients and frees up hospital beds for other patients,” he said.
The new Medical Day Unit will be accompanied by a car park, accessibly from the very front of the Unit to make it easier for patient transport.
Meanwhile, the discharge lounge will be relocated and expanded.
Wyong Hospital has moved to reassure the community that appropriate staffing will be provided to safely care for the additional number of patients being cared for in the Unit.
Last week Wyong Hospital completed and opened a new operating theatre bringing the total number of theatres at the hospital to five.
“The new theatre offers the latest technology and is much larger than the existing theatres which makes it easier to perform major laparoscopic and orthopaedic surgery,” said Bone.
Wyong Hospital’s redevelopment was partially completed with the opening of a building housing a new Emergency Department last October.
Nicola Riches