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Important changes to access arrangements at Mildura Base Hospital

Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:13:00

Temporary changes will be made next week to the way Mildura Base Hospital users access the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department.

The hospital is undertaking a multi-million dollar redevelopment project due to be completed later this year.
It includes much-anticipated work to increase the size and capacity of the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department.
But the hospital Chief Executive Dane Huxley said a number of changes to access arrangements for the Accident and Emergency Department would be required.
“We’re pleased to be progressing on to this important stage of work involving the A and E improvements,” Mr Huxley said.
“We want to advise members of the community that for some months they won’t be able to access this area of the hospital as they have in the past.
“We regret the inconvenience, but the arrangements we have put in place will allow A and E to remain fully-operational at all times.”
The changes are as follows:
• Friday (February 14 only) entry to Accident and Emergency will be through the main hospital entrance
• Saturday and Sunday (February 15 and 16 only) entry to Accident and Emergency will revert temporarily to its existing arrangements
• From Monday February 17 for approximately six months there will be a temporary walk-up entrance adjacent to the current Accident and Emergency entrance
Signage will be installed to assist hospital users access the appropriate areas.
Mr Huxley said all other hospital users were encouraged to use the Ward 2 and 3 entrance to the hospital. Signage will be installed to assist hospital users access the appropriate ward areas.
“We also want to remind hospital users that parking is at a premium at the moment, with large numbers of workmen on-site, so they should make allowances for that as well,” he said.
“The quickest and easiest way of finding a park is to use the new areas provided at the entrance to the landfill.  It’s across Ontario Avenue but only about one minute’s walk from the front door of the hospital,” Mr Huxley said.
The $7 million dollar expansion is the biggest upgrade since the opening of the hospital in 2000, and is being funded by the Federal and State Governments.