Hamilton Base Hospital awaits budget announcement

ED and ICU nurse unit manager, Kathy Ross and associate nurse unit manager, Rowena Farquharson, in one of the treatment spaces set up in a corridor in the Hamilton Base Hospital’s emergency department. Photo: CHRIS DOHENY.

By Allanah Sciberras

November 24, 2020 | 8:00 AM

WESTERN District Health Service (WDHS) is seeking funding for a long-awaited hospital re-development in tonight’s State Government Budget announcement.

WDHS chief executive, Rohan Fitzgerald said a recent survey conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) found 99 per cent of adult inpatients at WDHS rated their overall experience as very good, or good.