Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 120
Feature:
Our Stories
New era in healthcare for
Concord Hospital
Concord Hospital’s new clinical services building
has officially opened, with the $341 million
redevelopment marking a new era in healthcare
for staff, patients and the community in Sydney’s
inner-west.
The building is named in honour of veteran and
former NSW RSL President Godfrey Eugene
“Rusty” Priest. At times a patient at Concord,
Rusty was a strong supporter of the hospital and
a champion for veterans’ health and wellbeing.
80 years after it first opened its doors to provide
care for our community, the eight storey building
has 214 patient beds and houses a comprehensive
cancer centre, an aged health and rehabilitation
centre and The National Centre for Veterans’
Healthcare.
The Rusty Priest Building is a new chapter in
Concord Hospital’s 80-year history of caring
for the community and supporting veterans and
their families.
The new Comprehensive Cancer Centre provides
additional services for cancer patients, and
aged care patients will benefit from the new
outpatient clinics, rehabilitation gyms and
psychogeriatric medicine.
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The move to the new building enables clinicians
to continue to provide world class healthcare
matched by state-of-the-art facilities, with
patients to benefit from larger, single-bed rooms
and the latest in healthcare technology and
equipment.
Sydney Local Health District
