Sunshine Coast University Hospital
| Sunshine Coast University Hospital | |||||||||||
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| Queensland Health | |||||||||||
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| Geography | |||||||||||
| Location | Doherty Street, Kawana Waters, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
| Organisation | |||||||||||
| Care system | Public Medicare (AU) | ||||||||||
| Type | Teaching | ||||||||||
| Affiliated university | University of the Sunshine Coast | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||
| Beds | 567[1] | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | (ICAO: YXHS) | ||||||||||
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| Links | |||||||||||
| Website | http://www.health.qld.gov.au/scuhospital | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia | ||||||||||
The Sunshine Coast University Hospital is a hospital on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
History
In July 2012 the Government of Queensland appointed the Exemplar Health consortium comprising Lend Lease, Capella Capital, Siemens and Spotless to deliver the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) as a public private partnership.[2] Construction began in October 2012.[3] It opened in March 2017 with 450 beds, this is expected to increase to 738 by 2021. It was the first teaching hospital to open in Australia for 20 years.[4][5] It cost $1.8 billion.[6]
References
- ^ "Hospital Performance". Queensland Health. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Springborg, Lawrence. "Contractors sought for award winning University Hospital". Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "The battle is over: Sunshine Coast University to go public". Sunshine Coast Daily. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Sunshine Coast University Hospital". Queensland Health. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Sunshine Coast gets Australia's newest hospital". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ Bartholomew, Kylie (29 March 2017). "Sunshine Coast University Hospital opens as Australia's first public teaching hospital in 20 years". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 July 2017.