Melbourne RCH sets new design benchmark
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Queen Elizabeth will officially unveil Melbourne’s new $1 billion medical masterpiece, the Royal Children’s Hospital, on October 26.
The hospital is being billed as a world-class paediatric hospital focused on patient and family centred care, a premier workplace for health professionals armed with leading edge research and education facilities, and it will be Australia’s greenest hospital.
The hospital is being built right next to the current hospital and will be situated on 4.1 hectares of Royal Park, as part of a plan to use nature in the healing process for children.
There will also be a park within the hospital. A meerkat enclosure, featuring six males and three females from the Melbourne Zoo, are a highlight of the development alongside a two-storey coral reef aquarium, which will be the centrepiece of the hospital.
Alongside a host of patient focused entertainment features, including interactive Scienceworks displays, playgrounds and a ‘bean bag’ movie theatre, the hospital will also feature sushi, a bakery, a salad and sandwich bar, a McDonald’s and a gelato shop.
Staff have not been forgotten in the design. The hospital will feature wide corridors for transporting patients and equipment while wards will be broken into clusters, each with a staff base and support facilities to bring nurses to patients.
The hospital will also showcase cutting-edge clinical information technology for staff, around the clock security systems, a gym, supermarket, ATMs, 500 secure bike spaces with nearby shower and change facilities, more than 2000 car spaces and two child care centres.
The new hospital will also conserve water and save energy thanks to a host of measures including an on-site gas tri-generation power plant, solar panels and a biomass fuel boiler that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent.
The Royal Children’s Hospital has provided 140 years of care to children from Victoria and around the world.
The current building, which was built in 1963, will be knocked down and revamped into parkland.
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