Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  —  Last  Thursday  I had the pleasure of attending the opening of a  new maternity and  neonatal  services facility at  Werribee  Mercy Hospital. The hospital  already  provides wonderful maternity health services to families in  our  community,  and  these  services  will  be enhanced by the new facility, which  includes  a  16-cot  special  care  nursery, 24  new  maternity services beds and 6 refurbished labour  delivery rooms. Having been  involved in the sod-turning ceremony two  years ago, I was pleased  to be at the  opening to see the project, which  was initiated under the  previous Labor government, come to completion.  I note  that the  Minister for Health was happy  to perform  the official opening  of this fantastic  $14  million project, but  unfortunately he failed to acknowledge the efforts of the previous government.

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