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Private hospital for CBD
y d a e r t e G d n a l s n e e u Q Queensland Fire and Emergency Services officer Savannah Terrar and granddaughter Zarliah Hellmuth-Chibnall at the launch of Get Ready Queensland Week at the Esplanade. Picture: Isabella Guzman Gonzalez
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Landmark collaboration
l CAIRNS CBD | Andree Stephens and Isabella Guzman Gonzalez A NEW private hospital in the city’s CBD signals the development of the first collaborative healthcare precinct in Northern Australia. Hailed as a “landmark decision”, by locally owned Integrated Medical Services (IMS) Group, which won the tender, the hospital would complement other health care services on the James Cook University’s Dugurrdja medical site. “It will address critical healthcare infrastructure issues and facilitate collaboration between clinicians, researchers, educators, and students,” said IMS chief executive Dr Stefan Antoniou. “This is a landmark collaboration, and we’re delighted to have been selected as the successful proponent for a precinct that will become the epicentre of health innovation for our region. “We will be transitioning all of our current Cairns services to the Dugurrdja health and inno-
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vation precinct, and our Far North Day Hospital will expand to become a Far North Private Hospital. “This will provide access to higher acuity services with overnight and short stay capabilities. These services will include the Far North Oncology and Infusion Centre, allied health services, IMS specialist consulting suites, pharmacy, radiology, pathology, men’s and women’s health, our multidisciplinary Cancer Care Centre, and our remote patient care for outreach communities. “IMS will integrate with JCU and Cairns hospital in the Dugurrdja precinct to support local expansion of clinical services. This will reduce the patient wait times for clinical care and the number of patients that have to leave our community for care elsewhere,” he said. The new private hospital will cost an approximate $150 million to build and it’s still to be announced how many stories the building will have and the full catalogue of services. CONTINUED PAGE 2
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