LOGAN Hospital’s new four-floor emergency department expansion is on track for 2024 completion.
The $460 million “vertical expansion” will make Logan Queensland’s second busiest emergency department.
The hospital’s overall expansion and refurbishment is expected to cost $540 million.
A 28-bed medical ward, mental health lounge and the new car part were all part of the expansion and have been completed.
In addition, 900 mothers and their babies have been able to experience the new maternity ward.
Birthing suites are next on a timeline which will see services in the new vertical expansion open as each floor and section is finished.
In total, the project expects to deliver 206 new beds.
“Almost 4000 babies are born at Logan Hospital each year and I am so thrilled to be delivering these new and improved facilities for local women,” health minister Yvette D’Ath said during a visit to the hospital last week.
“One of the highlights of the refurbished ward is the new facilities for partners and family members meaning that for the first time, a partner or carer can stay overnight.
“The refurbishment will deliver six additional maternity beds, five extra birthing suites and an expanded special care nursery.”
Logan MP Linus Power said the four-level vertical expansion of Building 3 was the centrepiece of Logan Hospital expansion.
“Over the next three years we will see the emergency department building rise by four stories and the open-air ground level built in, as well as major upgrades to many services across the remainder of the hospital,” Mr Power said.
Springwood MP Mick de Brenni said Logan Hospital provided care to more than 100,000 patients last year.
“As demand for local health services grows, we need to keep investing in the local health network,” Mr de Brenni said.
John Holland is the managing contractor for the expansion project, while the maternity refurbishment project is being delivered by Kane Constructions. The multi-level car park was delivered by Woollam Constructions.
