Residents will be all smiles now that the Peninsula Community Health Service’s dental building, extracted from Shepparton, has been successfully transplanted to Rosebud.
Early risers over the weekend may have seen the unusual sight of a 17metre building on the back of a truck, heading towards Rosebud Hospital.
Program Manager for Family and Community Health Karen Anderson said “The new four chair treatment centre behind Rosebud Hospital will be the new location for Peninsula Community Health Service’s Adult Community Dental Program as well as Youth, School and Preschool dental programs.”
“Before Christmas the Dental Services team will relocate to this new building and continue treatments for general dental and emergency care for community health patients.”
Project managed by Dental Logistics, the new building was constructed in Shepparton over 16 weeks. Purpose built, at 17m x 10m, it is the largest dental portable of its kind in Victoria.
In a procedure slightly longer than a root canal, the building travelled from Shepparton on two oversize trucks to arrive safely in Rosebud.
