Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment
The $655 million Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment – the city’s largest infrastructure project – is now in its third and final stage. This will deliver:
- a new multi-level tower, including a new emergency department with an integrated mental health, alcohol and other drugs hub
- a new and expanded critical care floor, with a state-of-the-art operating theatre suite, procedure rooms, an expanded intensive care unit, endoscopy suites and consulting rooms
- capacity for an extra 4,000 surgeries every year
- a new women and children's hub
- an extra 100 inpatient and short stay beds
- a new helipad
Work has already been completed on a new central energy plant and support services (CEPSS) building and an expanded car park providing 400 extra spaces. The CEPSS building includes a new pharmacy and pathology facilities and a new education and learning centre.
Once completed, the upgraded hospital will have the capacity to treat at least 18,000 more emergency patients and an extra 14,500 inpatients per year.
Construction of the redevelopment is on track for completion in late 2027.
More information can be found at Victorian Health Building Authority.