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WA government to build maternity hospital at Fiona Stanley, scrapping original plans for facility at QEII

The carpark where the new maternity hospital will be built.  (ABC News: James Carmody)

The West Australian government will build a $1.8 billion maternity hospital on land within the Fiona Stanley Hospital precinct, abandoning its original plan to build the facility at the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre in Nedlands.

In a statement, the government said a business case had found construction on the proposed QEII site “posed too many risks, extended timelines and unacceptable patient disruption”.

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