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integrated and automated hybrid

operating theatre. This is a

combination of a cardiac capital

laboratory and theatre. We have

an imaging system which is

computerised and automated and

robotic in nature. It allows the

surgeons, while they are operating

to undertake a CT scan and provide

imaging during the operation, which

we call intra-operatively. Next are

the hybrid theatres which were built

by Siemens and Maquet, two world

leaders in their field. We had the first

installation in the world. There’s now

another 15 worldwide. For cranial

surgery, we have a stealth navigation

system, which allows neurosurgeons

to see where they are operating. We

have a brand new imaging system,

from Siemens, which offers crystal

clear images. We have lasers for

urology. We have microscopes. We

have the world’s first 3D operating

camera, from Storz in Germany. We

were very lucky to get that camera

before anyone in America or The

United Kingdom and it’s the first

in Australia. It allows surgeons to

have a 3D image when operating.

So we’re certainly ahead of the

world in that game of technology.”

A further $50 million has been

allocated towards building four

new theatres, providing 60 more

beds and a brand new emergency

department which is bigger and

more modern. They are also going

to be building a brand new 3,300

square metre medical consulting

building, which enables a lot of the

specialists to base their practices

on site. The growth from a small-