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Langwarrin legends Langwarrin co-captains Blake Peach and Blake Harkness hold the premiership cup aloft after a hard-fought Grand Final win last weekend. The Kangaroos went undefeated all season, and ended their year in style. See sports Page 24. Picture: Paul Stan Churcher
Public surgery centre takes over private hospital Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON Private Hospital is now officially the Frankston Public Surgical Centre. Peninsula Health began operating the hospital on 1 September. Earlier this year the state government
announced that the private hospital would be converted into a public surgery centre to help catch up on elective surgeries. When the conversion is complete, the Frankston Public Surgical Centre is expected to complete around 9000 elective surgeries and endoscopies each year. Elective surgeries have now begun at the centre. The hospital contains
three operating theatres and 60 inpatient beds. Two more procedure rooms are expected to be converted into operating theatres by early 2023. Some of the surgical services offered at the hospital include gynaecology, urology, orthopaedics, and general surgery. In a statement the state government said that the “majority of the dedicated staff” at Frankston Private Hospital
elected to stay on at the new public hospital. Premier Daniel Andrews, health minister Mary-Anne Thomas, and Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke visited the centre last week. Andrews said “across the nation, the pandemic has disrupted care for many while nurses and doctors focused on patients in the most critical conditions. That’s why we’re doing everything we can to
help get back to pre-pandemic levels of care for Victorian patients.” “With no emergency department diverting healthcare workers to more critical patients, this facility will be completely dedicated to COVID catch up care – delivering 9,000 elective surgeries a year and putting patients first,” he said.
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