Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, the Honourable Yvette D’Ath announced a $25 million low-risk birthing unit will be operational at the Weipa Integrated Health service by the end of 2021.
Women living in western Cape York communities will be able to give birth closer to home next year and the project should create more than a dozen construction and health jobs.
Women with higher risk pregnancies will continue to travel to Cairns.