We need a new hospital on the border

Call on the Federal Government to fund a new world-class hospital in Albury Wodonga

Albury Wodonga Health is one of the busiest outpatient regional health services in the state. And it’ll only get busier.

Within 15 years the population on the border will grow by a third. By 2040 we’ll need a hospital capable of handling 150,000 emergency presentations, 40,000 surgeries and 1,900 births every year.

People from all over Indi use Albury Wodonga Health Services.

Our border communities deserve to have access to a world-class hospital, close to home.

As a nurse and midwife who has worked in the North East the majority of my career, I know how much stronger and healthier our communities will be with first-class facilities from neo-natal to aged care.

Albury Wodonga Health are finalising a detailed masterplan, now is the time for the Federal Government to show up and do their bit. Join me in demanding funding for this much needed new hospital in our region.

If we had a world-class hospital in Albury-Wodonga, people needing medical treatment wouldn’t be separated from their families, alone in hospital in Melbourne.

Sick babies could be looked after in a neo-natal intensive care unit close to home, specialist appointments wouldn’t take a three and half hour drive each way. Ongoing treatments wouldn’t mean moving away from family supports and home comforts.

Let me know what it would mean to you to have a world class hospital on the border. I want to take your stories straight to the Federal Government so they really understand why Albury-Wodonga needs this.

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