Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Health Minister Jill Hennessy have presided over the official opening of the brand new, $250 million Monash Children's Hospital at Clayton, which will have a community open day this Sunday before patients begin moving in on April 19.

Serving south-east Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland, the new 230-bed hospital includes 96 paediatric beds, 12 cancer day beds, 20 same day beds, 10 paediatric intensive care beds and 30 neonatal intensive care cots.