Tarneit electorate
Dylan WIGHT (Tarneit) (14:39): (87) My question is to the Minister for Health and Minister for Health Infrastructure. How many extra patients will be able to be treated at the Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department when the $109.6 million Andrews Labor government expansion is completed? This investment will help ease pressure on the existing emergency department for the hospital’s dedicated doctors, nurses, orderlies and allied health workers. The expansion will also help our hardworking paramedics get back on the road more quickly, as the extra spaces to care for patients will mean more people can be seen at the same time. This investment includes four new resuscitation bays, 16 short-stay beds and 36 emergency care cubicles to care for a rapidly growing population. The project is also expected to create and sustain more than 300 construction jobs.