World class health care is almost here as work progresses on the new clinical services building at Campbelltown Hospital.
Sixty per cent of the scaffolding has now been removed from the 12 storey building, and soon its shiny façade will be fully exposed.
Also, work has just started on the new dental clinic, the first of its kind and which is set for completion in December this year.
However, while health care is the number one priority, when it comes to the visual appearance of the new hospital, modern design will sit side by side with local Indigenous culture.
In consultation and collaboration with local Aboriginal elders and community members, three stones, a welcome stone, sensory stone and a healing stone, were recently from an Appin quarry.
Ranging in colour, the three stones represent uniting different mobs from different countries and feature the rich yellow ochre that Dharawal country is known for.
Acknowledging the Cumberland Plains that the hospital is built on, these stones will welcome, connect and celebrate the community.
The welcome stone will be located near the front entry and will feature indigenous language inviting you on to Dharawal country.
The sensory stone will have engraved handprints of local elders that you can touch on your way through the hospital.
The third stone selected will be located in an external healing circle space.
The circle is a dominant symbol in nature and is full of energy and motion.
Representing the cycle of life, the healing circle will be a place community and staff can go to reflect, rewind and reconnect with nature.
