NSW: New western Sydney hospital to take first patient

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2009
NSW: New western Sydney hospital to take first patient

NSW Premier NATHAN REES says a new western Sydney hospital will open ahead of schedule
and under budget .. despite opposition claims to the contrary.

The new 145 million dollar Auburn Hospital will accept its first patients from 10 (AEDT)
tomorrow morning.

The state-of-the-art .. 184 bed facility's been built on the site adjacent to the old
hospital building .. which will now be demolished and in the immediate future be used
as a car park.

The NSW opposition says while the community will welcome a new hospital .. the project
was first announced in 2001 to be completed in 2007.

However Mr REES says the government abandoned those plans for a larger redevelopment
.. which has been delivered on budget and three months early.

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