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integrated and automated hybrid
operating theatre. This is a
combination of a cardiac capital
laboratory and theatre. We have
an imaging system which is
computerised and automated and
robotic in nature. It allows the
surgeons, while they are operating
to undertake a CT scan and provide
imaging during the operation, which
we call intra-operatively. Next are
the hybrid theatres which were built
by Siemens and Maquet, two world
leaders in their field. We had the first
installation in the world. There’s now
another 15 worldwide. For cranial
surgery, we have a stealth navigation
system, which allows neurosurgeons
to see where they are operating. We
have a brand new imaging system,
from Siemens, which offers crystal
clear images. We have lasers for
urology. We have microscopes. We
have the world’s first 3D operating
camera, from Storz in Germany. We
were very lucky to get that camera
before anyone in America or The
United Kingdom and it’s the first
in Australia. It allows surgeons to
have a 3D image when operating.
So we’re certainly ahead of the
world in that game of technology.”
A further $50 million has been
allocated towards building four
new theatres, providing 60 more
beds and a brand new emergency
department which is bigger and
more modern. They are also going
to be building a brand new 3,300
square metre medical consulting
building, which enables a lot of the
specialists to base their practices
on site. The growth from a small-