Maitland's new $470 million dollar hospital at Metford is on track to open Wednesday 19th January 2022, with planning for the transfer of patients and staff well underway.
The new Lower Hunter Valley hospital, which is nearing completion, is almost double the size of the existing facility, with 150 more beds, bringing the total to about 340.
For the first time, chemotherapy, emergency short stay and cardiac catheterisation will be available in Maitland and health authorities insist there is room for future expansion