Sure.
Here's the Victorian Shadow Health Minister quoted by an ABC journo;
I've already had prelim meetings with key stakeholders with regards to this.
The current estimates are $6-$7bn.
So I imagine his comments might have been even more frank had labor presented accurate costings.
You can't have too many hospitals (i'm certainly not complaining), but the amount of money being pumped into health is going a touch overboard at the moment.
My biggest issue is, it's mainly going into the one corridor.
We undeniably need a RMH and Royal Womans upgade.
But $2bn on Footscray, $1bn+ on Melton, $300m on Sunshine....on the back of Werribee Mercy a few years ago.
To put it in perspective, VCCC was one of the most advanced hospitals built in the world a 7-8 years ago for around the $1bn mark.
Frankston is getting a big upgrade, and there's a suite of mental health suburban hospitals getting upgrades, but there's not much going on in the East or inner South East comparatively. VHH is more a of a research facility for Monash Uni.
This will be one of the most expensive health projects ever completed in the world.
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