Construction has now begun on a $2.6 million neurological centre at Thornton, to provide rehabilitation services to those with neurological conditions and others needing complex therapy.
The centre will provide care for those those with conditions like, spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, parkinson’s disease, motor neuron disease and other rare and disabling conditions.
The 2,200 square metre site will contain a hydrotherapy pool, rehabilitation gym, a manufacturing room for custom orthoses, a medical intervention room, a complex wheelchair and seating showroom with private fitting rooms as well as 31 accessible car parks.
The centre will be owned by Hunter-based Neuro Alliance at the Thornton Interchange following a development application approval from Maitland Council in March 2020.
Daniel Buck founded Neuro Alliance in 2009, and says the centre is strategically located at the end of the M1 motorway to provide convenient access for a growing list of patients from around NSW.
The centre will serve as a base from which his team will continue to provide community-based services.
“There is no centre like this in Northern NSW,” Mr Buck said.
“Our focus is on improving the quality of life through the application of evidence based and innovative treatment programs,” he said.
“By working closely with our network of health professionals, we can ensure patients receive high quality, evidence-based care.”
Mr Buck said he also chose the site because it is next door to a hotel with disability accessible rooms that is being built by local hospitality group – Allogio.
Stage one of that project is for a 55 bed hotel and conference centre.
He said the hotel accommodation will benefit people from out of the Hunter requiring extended care, and their families or carers.
Neuro Alliance’s team includes a physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, rehabilitation medicine specialist and a neuromuscular orthotist, also working with other allied health professionals including occupational therapists and speech pathologists.
The centre is being built by Hunter-based builder, Draytons, with work expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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| Director of Clinical Services and Neuro Alliance, Daniel Buck and Building Manager, Alan Morrison |
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