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The range of health care services and the way they are delivered in your facilities are undergoing an exciting transformation. As a tertiary level health facility, the new hospital will offer the local community a wider range of public health services than ever before.

The hospital will be equipped to offer new and extended specialised services to treat more patients here on the Gold Coast, minimising the need to travel to Brisbane to receive certain types of treatment.

Brand new services that will be offered at the Gold Coast University Hospital include:

Bulletradiotherapy cancer services
Bulletneonatal intensive care
Bullettrauma services including helicopter retrieval service
Bulletneurosciences
Bulletcardiac surgery

Areas that will offer expanded services from their current scope include:

Bullet300 additional beds
Bulletemergency department
Bulletseven additional operating theatres with capacity for more
Bulletspecial care nursery
Bulletfour level pathology and education department
Bulletdelivery suites and birthing centre
Bulletmedical assessment unit
Bulletexpanded mental health services
Bulletintensive care unit
Bulletradiology
Bulletpharmacy

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Last Updated: 10 May 2012
Last Reviewed: 10 May 2012