Tassie pharmacy upgrade
May 18, 2016
THE pharmacy at Royal Hobart
Hospital will become “one of the
most contemporary in the country”
after a $3.7 million renovation
announced by Tasmanian health
minister Michael Ferguson yesterday.
Ferguson said the expansion
would include an improved
sterile pharmaceutical production
facility, and would be a significant
enhancement to the facility
originally built in 1999.
“One of the key benefits of
the pharmacy upgrade will be
the upgrading of the cytotoxic
chemotherapy manufacturing
facilities,” he said, allowing the
pharmacy to meet demand in
an area currently experiencing
unprecedented growth.
The RHH pharmacy department
currently oversees the provision
of medications to more than 1,000
patients, inpatients and outpatients.
‘Pharmacies are a critical piece of
infrastructure for acute hospitals,
benefiting a wide range of patients
and helping achieve better health
outcomes for Tasmanians,” he said.
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