The NSW state government has announced it will put a record $3 billion dollars of funding into public hospitals in Western Sydney.
It will go towards rebuilding Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital on a new site, building a new hospital in Rouse-Hill, and hundred-million-dollar upgrades of Fairfield and Canterbury Hospitals.NSW Premier Chris Minns said the investment would deliver "world-class healthcare" for the thousands of people moving into fast-growing parts of Western Sydney each year.
"Our healthcare system has been under incredible pressure in recent years. Chronic underinvestment by the former Government didn't help." An additional $400 million to go towards a new public hospital in Rouse Hill, including an emergency department, maternity services, ambulance and outpatient care and medical imaging services.$550 million for a major redevelopment of Fairfield Hospital$120 million for additional beds at Blacktown and Mt Druitt HospitalsAccording to the Bureau of Health Information, almost 53,000 patients presented to emergency departments across the Western Sydney Local Health District between April and June.