Hannah Hammoud
Less than 15 months after the multi-million dollar Sunshine Private Hospital was officially unveiled, the hospital is now closed and has entered into voluntary administration.
ABC Radio melbourne reported on May 28, that the Sunshine Private Hospital was cancelling surgeries and relocating patients as it was placed into voluntary administration.
Health Worker Union (HWU) spokesperson Jake Mcguinness said it was disappointing that staff were given “such little notice” of the hospital’s closure.
“It’s very dissapointng that workers were only given a very short timeframe to make themselves aware of it,” he said.
Mr Mcguiness said the Sunshine Private Hospital was a project that was “a little overambitious” and was potentially delivered earlier than the demand for it was established.
“It is a state-of-the-art facility that cost $140 million to build. It’s in an area of Melbourne that is growing massively and is projected to grow massively over the next decade – I’m sure the site will be put to good use.“
Sunshine Private Hospital’s facilities included four operating theatres, an endoscopy suite a 30-bed medical and surgical ward including four high dependency beds, 24…
