The Victorian Government is investing $6 million for a new short stay unit at Albury Wodonga Health.

Albury Wodonga Health has built a new emergency department at its Albury campus. The old emergency department will be refurbished to become the new short stay unit. The new unit will increase Albury Wodonga Health’s short stay beds from four to 16.

Funded by the Regional Health Infrastructure Fund, the short stay unit will include utility and medication rooms, staff spaces for administration and education, and a break room.

Albury Wodonga is one of the busiest emergency departments in regional Australia. The project aims to provide the regions of Albury and Wodonga with quality healthcare now, and into the future.

The $790 million Regional Health Infrastructure Fund is the largest grant program of its kind in Victorian history. It provides vital government funding to rural and regional public health and residential aged care services across Victoria. This funding enables these services to continue to provide safe and efficient care to local communities.

https://www.vhba.vic.gov.au/health/regional-facilities/albury-wodonga-health-short-stay-unit