Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Werribee Mercy Hospital

Mathew HILAKARI (Point Cook) (19:17): (498) My adjournment is for the Minister for Health, Minister for Health Infrastructure and Minister for Ambulance Services. The action that I seek is for the minister to accompany me on a visit to the site of the Werribee Mercy emergency department expansion. The Victorian Labor government of course is committed to delivering an expanded emergency department to one of the most important hospitals for the community that I represent and that others represent in this room as well. The investment will allow Werribee Mercy to treat an extra 25,000 patients every single year, more than doubling its current capacity – an amazing piece of infrastructure work that this government is committed to doing. The expansion will increase the amount of treatment spaces in the emergency department from 33 to 67, including four new resuscitation beds, 16 short-stay beds and 36 emergency care cubicles to help accommodate the rapidly growing community across Melbourne’s south-west. The new design renders released last year look magnificent, and I hope to see the minister alongside me and any of the other MPs in the area for a wonderful visit to see the health infrastructure grow in our Melbourne’s south-west.