A $24-million private day hospital put forward by Ramsay Health Care has been greenlit for Western Australia’s south-west.
The two-storey hospital slated for Lakes Road, Greenfields at Mandurah, about 70km south of the Perth CBD, would be the region’s first private day hospital and would cater to “minor day surgeries”, according to the application.
Ramsay also operates the Peel Health Campus nearby. It is due to transition from private to public operation by August of this year.
The private hospital would be near, but not next to, the campus and would not share services or facilities, a Ramsay spokesperson told media.
They said the hospital was “still in the planning stages” and that “if the proposed centre goes ahead, work will likely commence in late 2024 with an opening date earmarked for mid-2026”.
The plans for the site were approved at a Metro Outer Development Assessment Panel meeting on May 29.
Under those plans, the hospital would be developed in two stages.
For the first, the ground floor comprising four operating theatres, eight pre-operation bays and four theatres with 12 beds would be built, while a 12-bed surgical recovery ward on the second storey would be part of the next stage.
The plans flag the potential to expand that to a 28-bed ward.
The hospital would have up to 45 staff at peak period and operate 24 hours per day, seven days a week, the application said.
ASX-listed Ramsay Health Care is an Australian multinational healthcare provider and hospital network founded in 1964 that operates in Australia, Europe, the UK, and Asia.
