Werribee Mercy Hospital will unveil a $28 million rehabilitation unit today, 20 years after it first opened its doors to the community.
The hospital, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last Wednesday, treated its first patients in February 1994.
Wyndham’s population has since expanded from about 70,000 to almost 190,000.
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Mercy Health executive director Linda Mellors says the new unit will provide the growing community with extra services, including outpatient care and home-based chronic disease management programs. The unit also features specialist consulting facilities for rehabilitation patients, a gym and a mobility garden.
“This is a fantastic opportunity for people to have rehabilitation services close to their homes and a wonderful addition to the services we
provide at the hospital,” Dr Mellors said. Present for last week’s celebrations was Werribee’s Laura Vranic, who was one of the first babies born at Werribee Mercy. Ms Vranic came into the world on June 21, 1994, the day the hospital birthed its first babies.
She said it was “a thrill” to have been one of the first babies born at the hospital. “I still have the newspaper from the day.”
