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Jaymz wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 26, 2024 11:25 am

Here's an article from The Advertiser a couple days ago regarding the 6 level health centre on corner of Wakefield and Hutt streets.....

Pelligra Group granted planning approval for six-storey hospital to help treat low acuity mental health conditions

Planning approval for a 60-bed hospital to help treat low acuity mental health conditions, as part of a broader $120m plan, has been granted.

Erin Jones

July 25, 2024 - 4:15PM

The Pelligra Group has received the green light to build a 60-bed hospital and health centre for low acuity mental health conditions in the city.

The State Commission Assessment Panel on Wednesday granted planning approval for the six-storey development on the corner of Wakefield and Hutt streets.

The development was believed to be part of the group’s wider $120m plan to create a state-of-the-art health precinct on the site of the old Calvary Hospital.

Pelligra paid $30m for the 9000sq m site in 2020, which included a car park on Ifould St and bluestone villa on Flinders St.

The new health centre would include consulting rooms on the ground and first floors and a hospital across levels three and four, with a rooftop terrace.

It would be voluntary accommodation for 60 patients – for an average 18 to 20 day stay – for treatment for conditions such as mood disorders, anxiety and addiction.

Prior to admission, patients would sign a contract and consent for a treatment document, which included a commitment to not use substances during treatment.

Inpatients would also be required to attend a minimum of four hours of group therapy each day and one-on-one therapy.

The centre would also run a step-down day therapy program for up to 50 outpatients, spread across five groups, per weekday. These patients would also require a GP referral to a consulting psychiatrist.