Dozens of specialist paramedics will be hired to treat Victorians in their homes, and a regional hospital will be further redeveloped under Labor state election promises.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced his government would spent $20 million over four years to set up a network of 25 paramedic practitioners if re-elected in November.
The initiative is billed as an Australian first, with paramedics to receive advanced training to assess and diagnose patients in the field to ease pressure on emergency departments.
"They'll travel to people to keep them out of hospital," Mr Andrews told reporters at Wonthaggi Hospital on Thursday.
"They'll travel to their home or a primary care setting, whether it be in a chronic disease context or palliative care context."
Wonthaggi Hospital, in the state's Gippsland region, is currently undergoing a $115 million expansion, scheduled to be completed in the first half of next year.
Mr Andrews announced Labor would invest another $290 million to complete the second stage of redevelopment, adding an extra 64 beds across two additional wards.
The second stage of redevelopment would be completed by 2027, he said.
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