Business
22 May, 2024
Hospital’s $5.5m roof upgrade
WORK has started to replace the roof on one of Queensland’s oldest hospitals at Mossman.
The $5.5 million project is due for completion by the end of the year and follows the $10m hospital upgrade in 2021.
Health Minister Shannon Fentiman said the Mossman Hospital’s 90-year-old roof had been a challenge to maintain.
“That’s why we are undertaking this significant project and making sure the hospital can continue to deliver healthcare for the Mossman community for years to come,” she said.
Member for Cook Cynthia Lui said the hospital was much loved by locals, particularly with its Spanish mission-style exteriors – the only public hospital in Queensland designed as such.
“As we did when the hospital underwent its more than $10m upgrade in 2021, we will make sure we take the care and time to protect its unique heritage,” she said.
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service strategy, planning and infrastructure executive director Dean Davidson said the hospital was a unique facility that had a cornucopia of different roof forms across all of its buildings, including Dutch gables, pitching points, box gutters, and parapet walls at different heights, resulting in many leaks over the years.
