Region. Upgrades for hospitals

The NSW government has stepped up its financial commitment to hospitals in the region. An upgrade worth $280 million will go to Blacktown Hospital with the remaining $20 million to be spent at Mt Druitt Hospital..Work would begin in August at Blacktown and in November at Mt Druitt. The upgrades are due to be complete by 2016. The NSW government contributed $42.6 million as part of a $130 million investment in the redevelopment of Nepean Hospital. The $87 million E wing surgical complex was officially opened recently.