Health Minister Tim Nicholls has announced the name of the new public hospital being built in Springfield by the Queensland Government and Mater, during his first visit to the site.
The nine-storey facility, which is set to transform health services across the Western Corridor, will be known as Mater Hospital Springfield.
The hospital will join Mater Hospital Brisbane and Mater Mothers' Hospital as the third public hospital operated in South East Queensland by Mater.
Minister Nicholls said the facility would serve patients across the Ipswich and Logan city regions, as well as Brisbane's south-western suburbs.
"Mater Hospital Springfield will vastly improve access to essential health services for people living in the Western Corridor," Minister Nicholls said.
"The hospital will include an Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, access to 10 operating theatres and a full maternity service.
"The Queensland Government is committed to providing a world-class health service for Queenslanders and that is what we are delivering in Springfield."
The hospital will be integrated with Mater Private Hospital Springfield on Health Care Drive and is scheduled to open in stages from early next year.
The $393 million facility is being funded by the Queensland Government, with Mater providing the project's $26m site. The hospital's services and 186 public beds will be provided by Mater with funding from the Queensland Government.
Other Mater Hospital Springfield services will include an inpatient paediatric ward, neonatal critical care unit (NCCU) and pandemic-ready ward.
Mater Private Hospital Springfield General Manager Suzanne Hawksley said construction was on schedule, with the ninth and final storey due to be added next month.
The hospital will employ more than 1,000 clinical and support staff when fully operational and has already received more than 2,000 expressions of interest for positions.
"There's a year to go before our staged opening, but there is already real excitement in Springfield about this landmark project," Ms Hawksley said. "Greater Springfield deserves a world-class public hospital and we can't wait to begin treating our first patients in 2026."
