Tuesday, 20 February 2024

Point Cook community hospital

Mathew HILAKARI (Point Cook) (19:09): (526) My adjournment is for the Minister for Health, Minister for Health Infrastructure and Minister for Ambulance Services, and the action and that I seek is for the minister to provide an update on when the designs will be released for the Point Cook community hospital. We love our community hospitals in Victoria, and the Point Cook community hospital will be no exception. It will be a small public hospital on Dunnings Road, right in the heart of Point Cook. It will provide the everyday health services our community really needs. This important investment in health infrastructure in the community that I represent in the south-west of Melbourne will take pressure off nearby hospitals but also provide the health services that people really need close to home: dialysis, chemotherapy, day surgery – those things that you want to access every day. The community hospital will also assist in meeting increased demand for the medical services that are growing as our community grows. I cannot wait to see the impact the community hospital will have on the community I represent, and I look forward to the release of those plans.