$4.5 given to hospital board

The TSB Community Trust has granted $4.5million to the Taranaki District Health Board.

The grant which will be for the new children's ward and an advanced nurse call system that will allow the patient to communicate directly with their nurse.

Trust Chair Hayden Wano says that the grant is intergenerational and will not only support health for children today, but also for the future.

The grant is the largest made by the Trust who celebrates its 25th anniversary.

The children's ward is part of the new $80m hospital upgrade which is currently being built on site at Taranaki Base Hospital which will be completed in August.