Three of Victoria’s busiest hospitals require urgent redevelopment if they are to manage the state’s booming population and the spike in chronic health conditions tied to the rapidly ageing demographic.

The Alfred, Austin and Royal Melbourne hospitals provide some of the most specialised healthcare in the state – including organ transplants and treatments for rare cancers – but all three have needed major infrastructure refreshes for close to a decade.

The Alfred has been forced to close wards and reschedule procedures, while the Austin is unable to use some of its facilities, due to infrastructure issues going back to at least 2017. Many of the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s assets are also past their useful life.

Spokespeople for the Alfred, Austin and Melbourne Health – which runs the Ro

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