Tuesday, 12 May 2026


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International Nurses Day


Tim RICHARDSON

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International Nurses Day

 Tim RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (10:17): I want to give a shout-out to our nurses on International Nurses Day and recognise their great contribution to our communities at times of need and times of challenges. When you front up to emergency departments or need that critical surgery, it is those nurses, it is doctors and it is our midwives that are there each and every day. It is why we are investing in Monash Medical Centre. We saw construction underway just over the recent days to see the seven storeys that will be delivered there, with maternity services upgraded, ICU and more theatre capacity. We delivered the Frankston hospital redevelopment, now Peninsula University Hospital. To see that transform health care in the Bayside, Kingston and Frankston areas is absolutely extraordinary. Dandenong Hospital will get $305 million as part of an expansion to their theatre capacity. A lot of bubbies in my community have been born at the Dandenong Hospital, and that is a really big uplift as well.