Community takes first look at Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital
MP Member for Stretton
Rt Hon Premier
A Queensland State Government joint Statement presented to the public the opening of the state of art, The Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital, in Brisbane Southside, along 8 Levington Road, Eight Miles Plains.
Joint statements were articulated by a former hardworking Health Minister, now Rt Hon Premier, the Honorable Steven Miles.
Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment
The Honourable Cameron Dick
Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services and Minister for Women
The Honourable Shannon Fentiman
• The Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital which opened it doors and services from Monday 27 May 2024 at 8am.
• The new $65.4 million facility will deliver high-quality healthcare services closer to home.
• It will save residents in Brisbane’s south from having to travel to major hospitals, help take pressure off emergency departments and increase health services in this growing community.
• The Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital includes a Minor Injury and Illness Clinic, kidney dialysis chairs, cancer day therapy chairs, outpatient consultation rooms, as well as medical imaging and diagnostic services — including ultrasound, x-ray, and pathology.
• The First Nations co-name was officially announced – Maroo-goodji-ba.
Hundreds of residents toured the new $65.4 million Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital today at a community open day.
Opening its doors to the public on Monday 27 May 2024, it stands to deliver essential healthcare services to the community.
Health Minister Shannon Fentiman joined the festivities at the open day to showcase the new facility, meeting with local residents as well as the soon-to-be healthcare staff.
The Satellite Hospital’s First Nations co-name was also officially unveiled as Maroo-goodji-ba, symbolising tranquillity and care, while also honouring the cultural significance of ‘place o red soil, a term representing Eight Mile Plains.
The Minor Injury and Illness Clinic will open from 8am to 10pm daily to treat simple fractures, sprains and strains, fevers and coughs, head injuries without loss of consciousness, and a range of other non-life-threatening conditions. It also includes onsite medical imaging.
The new facility will support nearby emergency departments by diagnosing and treating non-life-threatening conditions.
Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital also offers a range of appointment-based specialist and outpatient services including a Cancer Day Therapy Unit and Kidney Dialysis Unit.
More than 100 health care workers have been recruited to staff the new Satellite Hospital including doctors, nurses, administration officers, allied health practitioners and operational staff.
The $65.4 million investment, which included road widening works outside the facility to improve access, is part of the Queensland Government’s nation leading $377 million Satellite Hospital program.
Satellite Hospitals in Kallangur, Redlands, Ripley and Tugun are providing quality urgent care in rapidly growing communities across South East Queensland.
Quotes attributable to Premier Steven Miles:
“Satellite hospitals work. They have already proven successful, providing quick, effective and cost-free treatment to thousands of Queenslanders.
“This new Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital will support our local emergency departments, including the busy QEII and Logan hospitals.
“But we’re not stopping there. As part of the Queensland Government’s $14 billion Big Build, we’re also investing in major expansions at our southside hospitals to be delivered over the next five years.”
Quotes attributable to Deputy Premier Cameron Dick:
“I’m so pleased to see our community of Logan about to share in the benefits that satellite hospitals are brining across the South-East.
“By reducing the pressure on our major hospitals and on GP clinics, we are delivering more responsive healthcare, which matters to Queenslanders.
“The tens of thousands of patients seen at our satellite hospitals would never have been treated this way under David Crisafulli, because the LNP has never supported satellite hospitals.
“Satellite hospitals would cease to exist under the LNP, who could not afford to operate them like we do.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Shannon Fentiman:
“I’m so proud to cut the ribbon today at the Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital.
“The Queensland Government is investing in the Australian-first satellite hospitals program to help meet the demand for healthcare in our fastest growing regions.
“More than 25,000 additional residents will call Brisbane’s southern suburbs home in the next decade.
“The Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital will be a gamechanger for this growing community, providing healthcare closer to home for residents.
“I’m also pleased to announce that the state-of-the-art facility will open to the public from 8am on Monday 27 May.”
Quotes attributable to Member Toohey Peter Russo:
“For the first time, we will be able to offer specialist healthcare services outside a major hospital environment with easy access directly from two motorways and free parking.
“This will make such a significant difference in the lives of many people in our community – particularly those who would normally need to travel to hospital for kidney dialysis and cancer treatment.
“We committed to more healthcare closer to home, and we are delivering with this new, state-of-the-art healthcare facility.
Quotes attributable to Metro South Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive, Noelle Cridland:
“We are thrilled to open the new Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital, Maroo-goodji-ba, as another healthcare option for local residents.
“Metro South Health has a proud tradition of providing accessible, culturally safe and equitable healthcare services for everyone in the communities we serve.
“We have a strong focus and commitment to improving our health service by listening to First Nations voices, employee more First Nations people, and supporting a better integrated and coordinated system for First Nations peoples.
“The facility’s First Nations co-name, Maroo-goodji-ba, was selected by local Traditional Owners and is another step forward in our journey to improve health outcomes for all.”
*Maroo-goodji-ba pronunciation: “oo” as in cook; “dj” as in jar; “-ba” as in pa
