Casey Hospital is one of 23 health services across the state set to share in $55 million in new equipment and upgrades, the State Government announced on Tuesday, 17 January.
As part of the latest round of the Labor Government’s Medical Equipment Replacement Program (MERT), hospitals will receive new equipment for a range of services – diagnostic tools like MRI machines, microscopes, digital X-Ray units and CT scanners as well as heart imaging equipment such as fluoroscopy units and SPECT-CT gamma cameras.
Casey Hospital will cash in on more than $2.3 million for a new CT scanner XRay unit, which will boost the capacity to treat patients, part of $35 million earmarked for Monash Health to purchase the latest medical equipment.
“While there is always work that needs to be done to improve our health system, fixing primary care must be the Commonwealth’s top priority – so every Australian can get the affordable healthcare they deserve,” acting premier Jacinta Allan said.
In addition, the Engineering Infrastructure Replacement Program will see 18 health services across Victoria share in more than $20 million to upgrade important infrastructure such as generators, chillers, emergency lighting, nurse call systems, air conditioning systems, patient lifts and alarm systems.
