The Swan Hill District Hospital was established in 1860 as the Lower Murray District Hospital, incorporated in1872 and built in in 1889 along the Murray River in the current location. In 2008, Swan Hill District Hospital was renamed Swan Hill District Health (SHDH).

Strategically located in the Swan Hill town centre, it is 350kmnorth-west of Melbourne and mid-way between Bendigo in the south and Mildura in the north, approximately230km either way. SHDH is a sub-regional hospital serving a large area of northern Victoria and south-western New South Wales. The hospital serves an estimated catchment population of 35,000, including the Swan Hill rural city population of approximately 10,000. It is one of 4 major hospitals in the Loddon Mallee region.

The hospital provides acute inpatient, rehabilitation, primary care and aged care residence. SHDH's geographic location contributes to a concentrated service delivery model to the sub region. The nearest Regional Hospital is 200km away. SHDH delivers a core set of specialist acute and emergency services, as well as a comprehensive suite of primary and community based services. These existing clinical services include Emergency Care, Medical Imaging, Medical Services, Elective Surgery, Maternity, Pathology, Pharmacy, Dialysis and Day Oncology, Rehabilitation, Allied / Community Health, General Practitioner Clinic, Mental Health and Aged Care.

The objectives of this project are to provide for the safe and sustainable delivery of clinical services in the Swan Hill district through the development of a new emergency department and provision for future development.

This project is being delivered by the Victorian Health Building Authority in partnership with Swan Hill District Health.

The scope for this project is as follows:

Enabling works, including:

• Demolition of existing 3 storey building and associated works.
• Construction of a new Emergency Department, including:
• Construction of a new 2 storey building.

Timing

• Enabling works are anticipated to be in late 2022
• Main works are anticipated to be commencing 2023.

Project Contacts

Victorian Health Building Authority, Project Manager

• Pouyan Shivaee
• pouyan.shivaee@health.vic.gov.au

Principal Consultant / Architect

• Silver Thomas Hanley
• Pelaco Complex, Building 3, Level 2
• 2131 Goodwood St, (PO Box 550), Richmond,VIC,3121

Services Engineer

• Lehr Consultants International
• Level 2, 616 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004

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