Middlemore Hospital
Edmund Hillary Inpatient Building
The Edmund Hillary Block is a six-storey Inpatient Building that adds 240 inpatient beds, and 12,600sqm of space to the Middlemore Campus.
Fitout includes:
- 15 Bed Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Ward
- 30 Bed Plastics Ward
- 2 X 30 Bed Surgical Ward
- 2 X 30 Bed Medical Ward
- Gastroenterology Unit and Clinics
- 30 Bed Gastroenterology Ward
- Cardiac Investigation Unit
- Medical Short Stay Unit
- Haematology Day Ward and clinics
- Allied Health Offices and gymnasium
- Staff cafeteria
- Clinical equipment pool and orthotics
Key design principles for this building include the ability to flex beds between wards, a regular grid and open plan floor plate free of vertical risers to allow maximum flexibility for future use. The design has accommodated significant change in the site masterplan. Careful consideration was given to ensure the flexibility and robustness of the building to accommodate changing requirements over time. The generic ward design, flat facade and clear floor plates have allowed adaption for a range of outpatient and procedural clinical functions.
The building, although designed originally with clinical support anticipated to the north now accommodates connections to the clinical services building to the south.