Glen Waverley electorate health services
John MULLAHY (Glen Waverley) (10:40): The Allan Labor government has committed to providing world-class health care to the communities in Melbourne’s east, and I might need some of that soon myself. In the recent state budget we announced a major investment of just over half a billion dollars to significantly expand Monash Medical Centre in Clayton. Works will begin next year to create seven floors of world-class health facilities for our growing community above our existing emergency department. It will include brand new operating theatres, birthing suites and a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, paving the way for an extra 7500 procedures each year. The other big hospital upgrade on the way is the major ground-up redevelopment of the Maroondah Hospital in Ringwood, with detailed planning and design continuing on this project of up to $1.05 billion. Whether it is the Monash Medical Centre upgrades in the south of my district or the Maroondah Hospital rebuild in the north, we are getting on and delivering world-class health care for the Glen Waverley district residents.