The Northern Rivers Times
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January 27, 2022
NEWS
Man charged following suspicious
Project on track for 2023 completion date
- Corindi Beach A man has been charged following a suspicious Harbour last Tuesday. About 9.10pm on Tuesday, January 18, emergency services were called to Eileen Drive, Corindi Beach, following reports a two-storey house was well alight. Crews from Fire & Rescue NSW extinguished the blaze a short time later, with minimal damage to the building. a 32-year-old man from inside the premises. Coffs/Clarence Police District attended and spoke with the uninjured man. He was arrested and taken to Coffs Harbour Health Campus for an assessment, under police guard. He has since been released and taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station, where he was charged with destroy or damage property, common assault, and hinder member of Fire & Rescue NSW in exercise of function. He was refused bail and was expected to appear in Coffs Harbour Local Court last Thursday, January 20.
Taking shape, the new Tweed Valley Hospital at Kingscliff. Photo: John Van Den Broeke
Hospital taking shape MARGARET DEKKER Work on the new, $723.3 million Tweed Valley Hospital at Cudgen on the outskirts of Kingscliff is fast taking shape, catching locals’ eyes with the size and scale of the new, state-
of-the-art facility. Work on the project is reportedly on track for completion in 2023 – at a date still to be announced - despite challenges from Covid-19. The 430-bed hospital is expected to double the capacity of the
current Tweed Hospital, offering a full range of health services, and allowing up to 5000 patients annually across northern NSW to seek hospital treatment and care locally rather than needing to travel to the city or Queensland. “The Tweed Valley
Hospital will be a major referral hospital at the heart of the network of hospitals and health facilities across the Tweed-Byron region. This includes Murwillumbah District Hospital, Byron Central Hospital, community health facilities, and
other out-of-hospital services,” the project descriptions states. Hospital services will move from the existing Tweed Hospital in Tweed Heads to the new hospital on Cudgen Road, when it opens to patients next year.
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