Dunedin’s new hospital will be built on the old Cadbury factory site despite several “construction challenges”, Health Minister Simeon Brown confirmed today.
The Government has also released details of the hospital’s scale, with Brown stating it will offer 351 beds, 58 emergency department spaces, 20 short-stay surgical beds and 22 theatres. …
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich said he was “as happy as can be expected” with the announcement.
“What we’ve got is the right structure being built as planned, and that was our message to the minister – step one is to build the structure. Clearly, there are some things we’re not getting all at once, but there’s a clear intention to provide them,” he said.
“I believe they’ve got the price down, and although contractual negotiations aren’t complete, they’ve got it to something workable.
“Thousands of people marched in the streets, and the Government has listened in response.”
This seems a good outcome for the “hospital pass” inherited from the former Government.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
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