The prime minister will announce a joint upgrade of several millions of dollars to one of the busiest public hospitals in Perth together with the WA government in an election field for voters, which starts a week of health announcements.
Anthony Albanese arrived in Perth today and will announce a joint upgrade of $ 355 million on Monday, the St John or God Midland Public Hospital in Perth’s East, in the most important labor of Hasluck, who contributes $ 200 million when he is repeated.
Anthony Albanian arrived in Perth on Sunday and is expected to make more health announcements during the week. ((ABC News: Matt Roberts))
The public hospital, operated under a public-private partnership between the WA government and St John or God Health Care, opened in 2015.
Federal Labor told the ABC that the dedication would provide extra hospital beds, control theaters, ICU and neonatal care beds and a redesign of midwifery and neonatal unit to serve the enormously populated area.
The WA government would collect the rest of the account and contribute to an extra $ 50 million after having already committed almost $ 105 million to upgrade the ED of the Midland Health Campus in February on the recent State Election Campaign Trail.
The public hospital operates under a public-private partnership between the WA government and St. John or God Health Care. ((ABC News: Andrew O’Connor))
“Positioning WA’s public health system for the future is an important priority for my government,” said WA Premier Roger Cook.
“That is why we invest together with the Albanian Labor government in projects that will make a meaningful difference for patients.”
‘Catching up production’: AMA
The Australian Medical Association WA President Dr. Michael Page said that the Midland Area and Eastern Suburbs of Perth were “left behind” in terms of hospital capacity.
“The population in the Midland area has certainly grown rapidly, so it does need health services to be proportional to the population and to predict future population growth,” Dr. Page.
“This is a welcome announcement, but there is probably a bit of catching up here.”
The AMA WA -President, Dr. Michael Page, says that the expansion of the hospital would require more training for health workers. ((ABC News: Courtney Withers))
Dr. Page said that the upgrades of the infrastructure that were needed to coincide with training more health workers.
“As our health system grows … of course we have to ensure that we train enough nurses, train enough doctors,”
he said.
“We don’t think we train enough doctors in West -Australia, there is not enough training in the specialties we need to serve our population as well as possible.”
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