❓ Details the minimum corridor widths, operating theatre sizes, lift floorspace, and ward sizes for new and existing hospitals in WA, including Fiona Stanley, Perth Children's, Midland Health Campus, Princess Margaret, Kaleeya, Fremantle, and Swan Districts.
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I refer to the new metropolitan hospitals under construction, these being Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH), the new Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) and Midland Health Campus (MHC), and ask, for each hospital: (a) what are the minimum corridor widths that have been constructed at the following areas: Inpatient Units, Operating Units, Obstetric Units and Intensive Care Units and Radiology; (b) what is the physical size of each of the operating theatres (square metres); (c) how does this compare with the physical floorspace size of the existing operating theatres at Kaleeya, Fremantle, Princess Margaret Hospital and Swan Districts, for example, what is the size of their operating theatres; (d) what will be the minimum floorspace of the lifts at each of the new hospitals (square metres); (e) what will be the physical size of the floorspace in two-bedroom wards and four-bedroom wards at each of the following: (i) PCH; (ii) FSH; and (iii) MHC; and (f) what is the existing size of two-bedroom and four-bedroom wards at each of the following: (i) Princess Margaret; (ii) Kaleeya; (iii) Fremantle; and (iv) Midland Health Campus?
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Answered
1 August 2014
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
51 days
(a) Perth Children's Hospital (PCH)
· Inpatient Units
2.22m
· Operating Units
2.1m
· Obstetric Units
Not applicable
· Intensive Care Units
2.19m
· Radiology
1.8m
Midland Health Campus (MHC)
· Inpatient Units
2.5m
· Operating Units
3.8m
· Obstetric Units
2.5m
· ICU
2.2m
· Radiology
2.4m
Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH)
The minimum corridor widths in the areas noted are 2.1m, except the corridors around the operating suites which are 2.3m.
(b) PCH
General theatres are between 52.9m
2
and 72.1m
2
and there is a hybrid theatre that is 85m
2
.
MHC
· Operating Theatres 1 and 2
59m
2
· Operating Theatres 3, 5 and 6
57m
2
· Operating Theatres 4 and 7
56m
2
· Operating Theatre 8
55m
2
· Operating Theatre 9
60m
2
FSH
1 Operating Theatre
64m
2
7 Operating Theatres
57m
2
1 Operating Theatre
54m
2
6 Operating Theatres
48m
2
1 Hybrid Operating Theatre
83m
2
2 Interventional Operating Theatres
64m
2
(c) Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) theatres range from 39.74m
2
to 54.77m
2
.
Swan District Hospital has four operating theatres at 42m
2
each.
Fremantle Hospital (FH)
Orthopaedic Operating Theatre
81.03 m
2
General Operating Theatres
49.07 m
2
Kaleeya Hospital (KH)
Operating Theatres 1 and 2
38.88 m
2
Operating Theatre 3
49.49 m
2
Operating Theatres 4 and 5
45.73 m
2
(d) PCH
There are a total of 22 lifts in the new facility, 21 which are 49-person lifts (6.59m
2
internal dimensions) and one 96 person lift (11.52m
2
internal dimensions).
FSH
There are a total of 47 lifts at FSH of various sizes, the minimum for passengers is 3.8m
2
but the minimum to take patient beds is 6.4m
2
.
MHC
7m
2
(e)(i) PCH
The two bedded rooms in the inpatient units in the south block range from 38.9m
2
to 39.1m
2
with a 8.7m
2
Disability Discrimination Act compatible ensuite (50m
2
in total) of which there are two per ward. Within the short stay surgical unit, the only location that has four-bedded rooms, the room sizes range from 75.2m
2
to 86.9m
2
with ensuite bathrooms that range from 8.1m
2
to 15.1m
2
.
(ii) FSH
The two-bedroom wards are 22.5sqm. FSH does not have four-bedroom wards.
(iii) MHC
A typical two-bed room (such as paediatrics) is 33m
2
and a typical four-bed room (such as rehab) is 67m
2
.
(f)(i) PMH
Two-bedroom wards at PMH range from 15.33m
2
to 21.84m
2
and the four-bedroom wards range from 22.81m
2
to 55.67m
2
.
(ii) KH
Two-Bedroom wards 23.01m
2
Four-Bedroom wards 36.14 m
2
(iii) FH
Two-Bedroom wards 22.01 m
2
Four-Bedroom wards 37.58 m
2
(iv) MHC
No existing facilities - currently under construction.
· Inpatient Units
2.22m
· Operating Units
2.1m
· Obstetric Units
Not applicable
· Intensive Care Units
2.19m
· Radiology
1.8m
Midland Health Campus (MHC)
· Inpatient Units
2.5m
· Operating Units
3.8m
· Obstetric Units
2.5m
· ICU
2.2m
· Radiology
2.4m
Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH)
The minimum corridor widths in the areas noted are 2.1m, except the corridors around the operating suites which are 2.3m.
(b) PCH
General theatres are between 52.9m
2
and 72.1m
2
and there is a hybrid theatre that is 85m
2
.
MHC
· Operating Theatres 1 and 2
59m
2
· Operating Theatres 3, 5 and 6
57m
2
· Operating Theatres 4 and 7
56m
2
· Operating Theatre 8
55m
2
· Operating Theatre 9
60m
2
FSH
1 Operating Theatre
64m
2
7 Operating Theatres
57m
2
1 Operating Theatre
54m
2
6 Operating Theatres
48m
2
1 Hybrid Operating Theatre
83m
2
2 Interventional Operating Theatres
64m
2
(c) Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) theatres range from 39.74m
2
to 54.77m
2
.
Swan District Hospital has four operating theatres at 42m
2
each.
Fremantle Hospital (FH)
Orthopaedic Operating Theatre
81.03 m
2
General Operating Theatres
49.07 m
2
Kaleeya Hospital (KH)
Operating Theatres 1 and 2
38.88 m
2
Operating Theatre 3
49.49 m
2
Operating Theatres 4 and 5
45.73 m
2
(d) PCH
There are a total of 22 lifts in the new facility, 21 which are 49-person lifts (6.59m
2
internal dimensions) and one 96 person lift (11.52m
2
internal dimensions).
FSH
There are a total of 47 lifts at FSH of various sizes, the minimum for passengers is 3.8m
2
but the minimum to take patient beds is 6.4m
2
.
MHC
7m
2
(e)(i) PCH
The two bedded rooms in the inpatient units in the south block range from 38.9m
2
to 39.1m
2
with a 8.7m
2
Disability Discrimination Act compatible ensuite (50m
2
in total) of which there are two per ward. Within the short stay surgical unit, the only location that has four-bedded rooms, the room sizes range from 75.2m
2
to 86.9m
2
with ensuite bathrooms that range from 8.1m
2
to 15.1m
2
.
(ii) FSH
The two-bedroom wards are 22.5sqm. FSH does not have four-bedroom wards.
(iii) MHC
A typical two-bed room (such as paediatrics) is 33m
2
and a typical four-bed room (such as rehab) is 67m
2
.
(f)(i) PMH
Two-bedroom wards at PMH range from 15.33m
2
to 21.84m
2
and the four-bedroom wards range from 22.81m
2
to 55.67m
2
.
(ii) KH
Two-Bedroom wards 23.01m
2
Four-Bedroom wards 36.14 m
2
(iii) FH
Two-Bedroom wards 22.01 m
2
Four-Bedroom wards 37.58 m
2
(iv) MHC
No existing facilities - currently under construction.
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