Gold Coast University Hospital
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Gold Coast University Hospital is a proposed major health facility for the Gold Coast
, Australia
, due for completion in December 2012. It involves building a new tertiary
hospital
on a greenfields site adjacent to the Griffith University
Gold Coast campus
at a cost of $1.55 billion
.
Construction commenced on Tuesday, 16 December 2008 when Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh turned the first sod. Bovis Lend Lease
are building the hospital.
The new 750 bed facility will offer specialist cancer
and cardiac
services, neuroscience
s, trauma
and neonatal
intensive care
.
Staff and equipment will move from the existing Gold Coast Hospital
at Southport
over several months in early 2013. It is currently planned that the Southport campus will then close as a public hospital.
at Parklands.
, Queensland Health
is being forced to delay, cut or privatise facilities for the Gold Coast University Hospital. Proposed cost saving measures under consideration in many cases involved "shelling" or building the space for facilities but not fitting out those areas.
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, due for completion in December 2012. It involves building a new tertiary
Tertiary education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, university-preparatory school...
hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
on a greenfields site adjacent to the Griffith University
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
Gold Coast campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
at a cost of $1.55 billion
1000000000 (number)
1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.In scientific notation, it is written as 109....
.
Construction commenced on Tuesday, 16 December 2008 when Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh turned the first sod. Bovis Lend Lease
Bovis Lend Lease
Lend Lease Project Management & Construction is the international project management and construction division of Lend Lease Group.-History:...
are building the hospital.
The new 750 bed facility will offer specialist cancer
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
and cardiac
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
services, neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
s, trauma
Physical trauma
Trauma refers to "a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident." It can also be described as "a physical wound or injury, such as a fracture or blow." Major trauma can result in secondary complications such as circulatory shock, respiratory failure and death...
and neonatal
Neonatal intensive care unit
A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit —also called a Special Care Nursery, newborn intensive care unit, intensive care nursery , and special care baby unit —is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.The problem of premature and congenitally ill infants is not a...
intensive care
Intensive care medicine
Intensive-care medicine or critical-care medicine is a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life threatening conditions requiring sophisticated organ support and invasive monitoring.- Overview :...
.
Staff and equipment will move from the existing Gold Coast Hospital
Gold Coast Hospital
Gold Coast Hospital, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland is a major teaching and referral hospital and the third largest in Queensland. The Gold Coast Hospital has one of the busiest emergency departments in the state...
at Southport
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...
over several months in early 2013. It is currently planned that the Southport campus will then close as a public hospital.
Location
The unit will be located off Smith StreetSmith Street Motorway, Gold Coast
Smith Street Motorway is a main route in the Gold Coast, Australia. It is Gold Coast's second motorway, the other being Pacific Motorway. It connects one of the Gold Coast's major centres, Southport to the Pacific Motorway.The road is motorway standard for 5km from the Pacific Motorway , until...
at Parklands.
Proposed cut back
According to leaked documents sighted by The Gold Coast BulletinThe Gold Coast Bulletin
The Gold Coast Bulletin is a daily newspaper serving Australia's Gold Coast region.It is published as The Gold Coast Bulletin on weekdays and the Weekend Bulletin at weekends....
, Queensland Health
Queensland Health
Queensland Health is the department of the Government of Queensland responsible for operating and administering the public health system of the Australian State of Queensland. It is responsible to the State's Health Minister Geoff Wilson and its Director-General is Tony O'Connell.Queensland Health...
is being forced to delay, cut or privatise facilities for the Gold Coast University Hospital. Proposed cost saving measures under consideration in many cases involved "shelling" or building the space for facilities but not fitting out those areas.
External links
- Gold Coast University Hospital
- Gold Coast University Hospital brochure pdf
- Team Beattie - Gold Coast to have more than 1100 public hospital beds
- Team Beattie - A new tertiary hospital and more beds for the Gold Coast pdf
- Ministerial Media Statements - New preferred site for Gold Coast University Hospital
- Work begins on new Gold Coast University Hospital (press release)