The Southern District Health Board has confirmed it is making a $25 million request for urgent new facilities while it plans the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital.
Dunedin Hospital. Photo: RNZ / Ian Telfer
Consultant reports written for the board last year found the existing building was no longer fit for purpose and would need up to $50 million spent to keep it running for a decade more while a new hospital centre was developed.
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman said he expected Cabinet to consider the bid, to replace parts of the 50-year-old Clinical Services Building, in the middle of the year.
Dr Coleman said he was open to the DHB's bid.
The DHB this afternoon released a statement confirming it was working on a business case to go to the Capital Investment Committee of the National Health Board.
It said the bid for about $25 million would include a new intensive care unit and new gastro-intestinal facility.
