WESTERN Power has completed power infrastructure works at the new St John of God Midland Private Hospital site, paving the way for the building commissioning stage of the new hospital to begin.

The 129-bed hospital – due for completion in August 2026 - will be the first stand-alone private hospital in Perth’s eastern corridor and home to the region’s first interventional cardiology service as well as a critical care unit, eight operating theatres and day surgery.

Asset operations executive manager Zane Christmas said Western Power teams installed 2km of high voltage cable and switch gear to power the site and enable building commissioning to begin in January as planned.

“Supporting the delivery of health services is one of Western Power’s top priorities,” he said.

“Our teams worked closely with the St John of God team to design and install power infrastructure around critical infrastructure such as sewer mains, water pipes and the rail reserve so that the build-out of the new hospital could begin.

“This energisation has been a great result, and we will be back on site again before the hospital opens to connect and energise an additional underground power cable to ensure a reliable supply to hospital.”

Hospital redevelopment director Sarah Tegeler said the completion of the key milestone paved the way for building commissioning works to commence, as they move towards opening the new hospital.

“I want to thank Western Power for their collaboration in making this possible and supporting our progress towards delivering these important health services for the region,” she said.

Each year, Western Power manages approximately 6200 applications for connection to the grid - ranging from residential housing and small businesses to essential services such as hospitals and schools and large industry.

The new St John of God Midland Private Hospital is 300 metres from the existing Midland health campus, which will transition to a fully public 367-bed hospital when the new private hospital opens.