Health Minister announces details of fixes for Auckland City Hospital
Auckland City Hospital
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RNZ / Dan Cook
Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced more investment to strengthen critical infrastructure at Auckland City Hospital and Greenlane Clinical Centre, as part of the third part of the Facilities Infrastructure Remediation Programme.
"This government is committed to investing in and upgrading critical infrastructure that supports our health system - and that includes ensuring the hospitals we rely on every day are safe, modern, and fit for purpose," Brown said.
The government's Budget last month included funding for a number of health infrastructure improvements at Nelson, Palmerston North, Wellington and Auckland City hospitals.
The latest funding will be spent to pay for critical upgrades and replacements to the power, heating, building management, and safety systems that support clinical services at Auckland City Hospital and Greenlane Clinical Centre, Brown said.
RNZ revealed in April that Health New Zealand has admitted it marked an upgrade to faulty pipes at Auckland City Hospital as complete
when in fact it was not
.
Health Minister Simeon Brown
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RNZ / REECE BAKER
The hospital's water systems were identified as one of 82 "very high priority risks" at hospitals nationwide two years ago. Health NZ said in a response to a request under the Official Information Act ( to RNZ it had fixed them.
But Brown said in a speech in March that the water system had failed twice recently.
Today he said: "Replacing the hot water pipe system in the main building of Auckland City Hospital is a priority within the Health Infrastructure Plan, and this investment will help speed up delivery by funding the design work for the next stage of this project. Getting ahead on the design work now will mean we can fast-track the next stage by eight months."
The new funding builds on the first two stages of the remediation programme, which are due for completion by the end of 2025.
Health New Zealand would manage the work to minimise any disruption to clinical services, and ensure patients and staff were not affected.
"These upgrades are about ensuring Auckland Hospital is able to deliver reliable care for patients and has increased resilience through upgraded systems."
This third investment tranche is part of the government's $1 billion Budget 2025 hospital infrastructure investment includes:
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