A convoy of almost 15 transport vehicles ferried almost 100 patients to the new Maitland hospital on Wednesday, making Hunter history as the $470 million new development opened its doors.
There was no fanfare or ribbon cutting, just health workers getting on with the job to provide the city and the wider Hunter community with a state-of-the-art facility that will "future proof" a region.
Wednesday's large scale operation involved the relocation of hundreds of staff and patients, some of whom were suffering COVID-19.
