Hospital’s rooms with a view

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• GROUND FLOOR: As work continues on the Whyalla hospital, the ground floor is nearly complete.

• LANDSCAPE: External landscaping has begun for the new look Whyalla hospital.

Whyalla hospital patients will be benefit from rooms with a view thanks to external landscaping work starting this month.

As part of the hospital’s multi-million dollar redevelopment, extensive external landscaping will take place as well as the inclusion of rooftop gardens.

Country Health SA Eyre, Flinders and Far North regional director Ros McRae said the works will help make the hospital a pleasing environment for patients, visitors and staff.

The new look hospital will be home to the Whyalla Cancer Centre as well as the new rehabilitation and mental health units.

Adding to this are the patient accommodation units which were completed in January.

Mrs McRae said with these developments in mind, there was an expectation that patients and their families will be visiting the hospital on a more regular or long term basis and the attractive surrounds will help ease their stay.

Mrs McRae said with the ground floor not far from being finished, the bigger picture of what the newly developed facility will look like is in sight.

“Construction work on the ground floor is nearing completion including the operating theatres, recovery area and ward rooms,” Mrs McRae said.

“All the glass has been installed along with the front entrance skylight and curtain walls.”

Progress for the redevelopment is also continuing on track with a number of areas expected to be completed by the end of the month.

“The aluminium panelling to the external facade will be coming close to completion by the end of May,” Mrs McRae said.

The new accident and emergency waiting area for the main hospital complex has also been completed.

Testing of the air conditioning has started and construction of the new car park is underway.

The hospital is expected to be completed by mid 2013.