Health Minister, Jillian Skinner has dismissed speculation the proposed Lower Hunter Hospital at Metford will be much smaller than first thought.
A leaked Health Infrastructure briefing note claims the hospital will only have 282 beds based on projected demand by 2022, while the state opposition claims it will only have 220 beds.
But Jillian Skinner says this is not the case.
"I said it will be at least as big as what we proposed and I think we proposed 350 to 400 and it will be at least that, I would expect, but possibly more. So, the nonsense that the local member is talking about 220 beds is just that," she said.
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| Health Minister Jillian Skinner |
