Labor’s 2022 Victorian state election pledge to install specialist scanners at eight hospitals is delayed well beyond its original timetable, with the completion date now pushed to the end of the decade, according to multiple reports. The outlets say the project is also facing cost overruns, with spending estimated to be about $25 million higher than planned.
The scanners are intended to support diagnostic imaging services across the eight participating hospitals. While the government made the commitment during the 2022 election campaign, the rollout progress has not reached the promised stage, and planning and delivery timelines have extended. The reported four-year slippage places the project’s delivery further into the future than voters were told.
Across the sources, the central points are consistent: the pledge relates to eight Victorian hospitals, the project is over budget, and it will not be finished until late in the decade.
