--------------------
Hello everyone
I am thrilled to announce the building of a new $50 million children’s hospital at Wellington Regional Hospital, thanks to the kindness and generosity of Wellington property developer Mark Dunajtschik.
Mr Dunajtschik will pay for and build the new hospital, and gift it to Capital & Coast DHB.
I never dreamed that I would ever be announcing that someone is actually gifting us a new children’s hospital, and it is incredibly exciting and humbling that Mr Dunajtschik is doing just that. This gift will benefit children and families across the lower half of the North Island.
As some of you may know, there have been many attempts over the years to get a new children’s hospital across the line, including when the regional hospital was built.
This generous offer will allow us to do so much more when planning our future child health services and will be far more functional – not to mention comfortable – for patients, their families and staff.
And not only are we getting a new hospital, but the Wellington Hospitals Foundation will also support the project by fundraising for extra furniture, fittings and equipment required for the new hospital.
Staff will be actively involved in designing the new hospital, and we expect it to be built within three years once the designs are finalised and resource consent is granted.
Our thanks again to Mr Dunajtschik for his kindness and generosity for the children in our region.
Debbie Chin
Chief executive
