Cape York Weekly FREE – #022 | Monday, February 22, 2021
Editor: Matt Nicholls 0477 450 558 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
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Work begins on $8.8 million renovation at Weipa
New-look hospital By MATT NICHOLLS
EXPECTING mothers from Weipa and the Western Cape will be able to give birth locally this time next year as work begins on the upgrade of Weipa Hospital.
Around $8.86 million worth of upgrades are under way, or about to start, at the Weipa Hospital and scheduled for completion in the coming months. The work includes a refurbishment of the medical imaging de-
partment to house Weipa’s first CT scanner, the creation of a new primary healthcare clinic and the establishment of the long-awaited birthing centre. The work on the new CT scanner space is expected to be com-
pleted and the scanner operational by late March, subject to the arrival of the scanner from interstate. Work on the primary healthcare clinic is scheduled for completion later this month and operational by early April.
A government spokeswoman confirmed that Weipa’s muchanticipated new birthing suite was expected to be completed in early 2022 with the first local births occurring soon after. Continued – Page 2
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