Health

Construction under way on ‘futuristic’ Mt Barker hospital redevelopment

Feb 16 2022 Updated February 16, 2022

Giorgina McKay

3 min read

Built General Manager Christopher Bate, SA Minister for Health and Wellbeing Stephen Wade, Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network Governing Board Chair Carol Gaston, and Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network CEO Rebecca Graham at the Mount Barker Hospital on Tuesday. Photo: Giorgina McKay

Construction work on Mount Barker Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital’s new emergency department (ED) is under way, allowing medical staff to welcome the first patients in a years’ time.

As previously reported in The Southern Argus, the $15.45 million redevelopment will include the construction of 17 treatment bays, including two resuscitation and two paediatric treatment bays, 13 patient trea...