Set to become Australia’s first all-electric hospital, designs reveal key internal and external spaces, including the main entrance, façade and patient rooms – focusing on natural light, access to nature and outdoor spaces.
See the design renders here: Designs unveiled for your new Melton Hospital | VHBA
The Exemplar Health consortium has been awarded the contract to deliver the new hospital and critical site preparation works are now underway.
On track for completion in 2029, the new Melton Hospital will have the capacity to treat 130,000 patients each year and almost 60,000 patients in its emergency department. The $900 million project will support the growing communities of Melton, Caroline Springs, Rockbank, Bacchus Marsh and Gisborne.
Located close to Cobblebank Station, the hospital will include a 24-hour ED, at least 274 beds, an intensive care unit, maternity and neonatal services, mental health services, radiology services, outpatient care and teaching, training and research spaces.
Here at Western Health we’re excited to now be entering the Design Phase where clinicians and user groups will meet on key functional and operational details – including the location of beds, lights, doors, and equipment required.
The months ahead will see the refinement of each department’s design to ensure the new hospital supports our staff in their continued provision of Best Care.
The project will create more than 2,400 jobs during construction and is expected to generate more than 3,975 health related jobs on-site in the hospital’s first year.
The new Melton Hospital will reduce waiting times at other busy Melbourne hospitals and provide an essential link with services at Sunshine Hospital and the new $1.5 billion Footscray Hospital.
