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History made as doors open to the new Wonthaggi Hospital

Dec 14 2022 Updated December 14, 2022

Sentinel-Times

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Emergency Department Acting Nurse Unit Manager Cat Bunn with the first patient to be treated in the new ED, Chris Larsen of Phillip Island. She received a certificate to mark the occasion.

A MILESTONE moment occurred last Friday when the first services opened in the new $115 million Wonthaggi Hospital.

Bass Coast Health (BCH) CEO Jan Child celebrated the opening of Main Reception at 7am, with the Emergency Department (ED), Short Stay Unit and Radiology opening at 10am.

“Our community and staff have been looking forward to this day since we first began planning for th...