Canberra Health Services’ new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward, named Yamba, has welcomed its first patients.

This expansion project has delivered an additional eight beds in the ICU – bringing the total number to 39. These beds will expand our capacity to deliver lifesaving treatment and care to Canberrans and the surrounding region for many years to come.

This means we will have even more capacity to get the right treatment at the right time for our ICU patients.

Some of the patient-centred features include:

• ‘intelligent’ beds designed to reduce in-hospital patient pressure injuries, and improve patient comfort and safety
• open plan layout with wide windows to welcome natural light
• improved family meeting areas and amenities to help support loved ones of patients.

This project is only one component of the infrastructure investment program that Canberra Health Services is undertaking. On top of this new unit, a new 60-bed ICU will be opened as part of the broader Canberra Hospital Expansion.

More at www.act.gov.au/canberrahospitalexpansion

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