The stage 2 development at Pindara Private has commenced after Ramsay Executives and the Mayor of the Gold Coast turned the first sod in May. Pindara Private is set to grow to a 316 bed private hospital next year with the Ramsay Board approving a $30 million development which will include 56 private patient rooms, two new operating theatres and an expanded kitchen. This is the second major development to take place on the Pindara Private campus following the opening of stage one in December 2010 and follows the purchase of extra land to enable the expansion. It is part of a master plan for the campus which will see the hospital grow to over 470 beds including the conversion of existing accommodation to 100% private rooms. Ramsay Health Care CEO Chris Rex said this next stage of development would bring the hospital one step closer to Ramsay’s overall vision for the Pindara campus. 4 TRW WINTER 2013 “Pindara Private Hospital is one of Ramsay’s flagship hospitals. The clinical services at this hospital are second to none and with the support of new services and state-of-theart equipment it is providing a premier healthcare service to the Gold Coast community,” Mr Rex said. “Ramsay’s ongoing investment in increased bed and theatre capacity at this hospital will provide the necessary infrastructure for us to better service the growing healthcare needs of the Gold Coast community. “We are also very pleased to be investing in a project that will inject funds into the local economy and create jobs on the Gold Coast.” The new 56 beds will be established in a new wing over two levels on Allchurch Avenue. One of the new wards will be dedicated to neurosurgery, a specialty in which Pindara has established a strong reputation. Pindara Private CEO Trish Hogan said the new development would be welcomed by the staff and doctors. “Since the completion of our stage one development and the introduction of new services like neurosurgery and paediatric surgery, Pindara has continued to go from strength-tostrength. These new facilities will further enhance the services we can provide to the community,” Ms Hogan said. “We are particularly excited to be putting in a hybrid theatre as part of this next stage of development. This is a relatively new concept in operating theatres and puts together all of the imaging facilities that are traditionally in a catheter laboratory with what is used in a traditional operating theatre.“ Construction commences in May 2013 with a 14 month construction timeframe leading to completion of the development in August 2014. Stage 2 Development kicks off at Pindara The repetitive drive to Brisbane hospitals is now a thing of the past as cancer patients now have the option of being treated in the new Infusion Centre at St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital. Chief Executive Officer Chris Went said the recently redeveloped area in the hospital brings a new and much needed service to the facility. “We are very excited to be able to provide cancer care which will include chemotherapy, blood transfusions and iron infusions locally for our patients and their families,” Chris said. “To be able to provide this care and supplement the acute medical, surgical and obstetric care we have been delivering for the past 100 years is the next stage of St Andrew’s growth strategy to provide a full range of services locally.” Ms Went said. The five chair unit will reduce travel time for patients and their families and provide that local community environment that St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital prides itself in. The unit is designed for adults with varying types of cancer seeking day treatment and is supported by two oncologists Dr Vikram Jain and Dr Paul Vasey who are looking forward to treating patients closer to home. Mr Paul Ramsay OA and members of the Ramsay Board opened the new Centre in May. DEVELOPMENTS L-R: Ramsay Qld State Manager Lloyd Hill; Ramsay Chief Operating Officer Danny Sims; Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate; Pindara MAC Deputy Chairman Dr Andrew Cary & PIndara CEO Trish Hogan turn the sod on the next stage of development at Pindara in front of an artists impression of how it will appear when completed. Paul Ramsay AO pictured with Hospital CEO Chris Went, formally opening the new St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Infusion Centre. St Andrew’s Ipswich opens Infusion Centre
The Ramsay Way Winter 2013
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