An additional 290 million dollars has been put towards the project, bringing total funding to 1.88 billion dollars.

It will have 424 overnight beds, including 43 reserved for future upgrades and 10 ICU beds fitted out as temporary workspace.

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says it will be transformative.

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