The project is expected to be completed by H1 2026. Credit: JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash.

The expansion project of Cairns Hospital in Queensland, Australia, has advanced with the tender being awarded to Hansen Yuncken, a construction company based in Melbourne.

The A$250m ($169m) expansion project will add 96 beds – 64 beds at Cairns Hospital and 32 beds at a new surgical centre adjacent to James Cook University’s Cairns Tropical Enterprise Centre (CTEC).

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Forming part of the Far North Queensland Health Innovation Precinct, CTEC aims to strengthen teaching, learning and research links.

Furthermore, a A$70m mental health unit and a A$26.5m emergency department expansion works are underway at Cairns Hospital.

The overall investment for hospital expansions and upgrades in Cairns amounts to A$346m ($233.6m).

The project is scheduled for completion by H1 2026 and will create more than 610 jobs during the construction phase.

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said: “These projects will bring state-of-the-art health services to Cairns, and significantly bolster capacity in the region.

“There is currently around $350m worth of hospital expansions and upgrades in Cairns.

“We have also been investing heavily in the Tablelands, with the $86.4m Atherton Hospital redevelopment due to open next month.   

“Our government is committed to delivering more beds, more services and more frontline health workers for Far North Queensland.”