Western Sydney residents are set to benefit from improved health services now the new 14-storey tower at Nepean Hospital is complete.
The new clinical services building, which is part of a $1 billion (US$741.3 million) Nepean Hospital redevelopment, boasts a new neonatal intensive care unit, an expanded emergency department, and over 200 inpatient beds.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, Minister for Health Brad Hazzard, and Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres toured the new facility on Wedenesday, noting it is now Penrith’s tallest landmark.
“This major redevelopment of Nepean Hospital will transform services in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains providing the best healthcare in the nation for our people now and into the future,” Perrottet said in a release on Wednesday.