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Hospitals 11 November 2025

Pakenham Community Hospital reaches new heights

A major milestone has been reached on the Pakenham Community Hospital build with the main structure of the new public hospital now complete.

The building’s striking red tessellated facade and internal fit-out will now progress, with the facility on track to be completed in 2026.

The new small public hospital located at 5 Drake Place will give people who are not critically unwell better access to everyday health services, closer to home.

Did you know?

  • more than 55,000 hours have been worked to date on the new public hospital
  • around 3,200 cubic metres of concrete and a whopping 330 tonnes of steel reinforcement – more than the average weight of a Boeing 747 – have been used in the new three-storey structure.

Milestone moment for Pakenham Community Hospital

[Text on screen: The Pakenham Community Hospital is taking shape]

[Images: time lapse footage showing the progress of the site from concreting to the erection of scaffolding]

[Text on screen: Major structural works on the three-storey facility are complete, paving the way for the building’s striking red façade and internal fit-out to progress]

[Images: time lapse showing cranes moving parts and equipment to the various storeys of the build]

[Text on screen: On track to be completed in 2026, the Pakenham Community Hospital will give people who are not critically unwell better access to everyday health services, closer to home.]

[Images: time lapse showing erection of scaffolding on the final third storey of the facility]

[Text on screen: The project is part of the Victorian Government’s more than $800 million Community Hospitals Program.]

[Images: a partnership slide displays the words ‘In partnership with’ and the Monash Health logo]

[Images: A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the url vhba.vic.gov.au]

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Access to health services, closer to home

When open, the Pakenham Community Hospital will be operated by Monash Health. It will include two levels of clinical spaces providing the infrastructure for a number of services to be delivered including:

  • allied health and rehabilitation
  • diagnostics like pathology and imaging
  • public dental
  • chemotherapy
  • dialysis
  • urgent care.

About the Pakenham Community Hospital

The project will also deliver ground-level parking and a patient drop off zone outside the main entry providing convenient access for patients, visitors, and staff.

Within walking distance of the Pakenham town centre and train station, the hospital will complement nearby shops and services.

Learn more about Pakenham Community Hospital.

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