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tuesday 21 February 2017
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Hospital’s $25M extension Brittany Spencer Reporter
reporter@nelsonlive.co.nz
An ageing population and more orthopaedic surgeries, like hip and knee replacements, are behind the $25 million expansion
of Manuka Street Hospital, which began last month. The redevelopment will see the hospital eventually grow to 22 private rooms, with the number of surgery theatres to increase from three to four. Fifty percent of the surgeries at
Manuka St are injuries covered by ACC, with other growth areas including cosmetic surgery and various elective surgeries. The hospital sees around 2500 patients a year. Manuka Street Hospital general manager Margaret Gibbs says the
expansion has been in the pipeline since 2015. “We were running short of beds and we also know that, with an ageing population and more and more dependence on orthopaedics, we were going to need another theatre.”
The development has been spilt into two stages, the first costing between $5-6 million and due to be completed by October this year. The second stage isn’t due to start until the Nelson Tasman
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