New Gold Coast health care facility
A new $11 million health care facility at Carrara will deliver at least 60 extra patient beds for the Gold Coast, Premier Anna Bligh and Health Minister Stephen Robertson say.
Ms Bligh said Queensland Health had purchased the vacant, former aged care home on Chisholm Road to use as a step-down facility for public hospital patients with less-acute clinical needs.
“It will help ease pressure on our busy Gold Coast and Robina public hospitals by freeing up acute hospital beds for patients who need them.”
Ms Bligh said the Carrara facility was currently undergoing a necessary capital works upgrade before it can be opened to patients.
“This includes installation of a gymnasium area for rehabilitation patients, and infrastructure upgrades to accommodate the care and safety needs of patients moving in,” she said.
“I’m advised the Carrara facility will be ready for its first patients from April and should have ongoing increased occupancy from 1 July 2008,” she said.
