The service's chief executive officer Heather Gray said the works would span across a 20 week timeline, with the hospital complex expected to be completed about September 24.

However, she said this would be dependent on the weather conditions, as added rainfall would delay progress.

Ms Gray said the board was hoping to organise health minister Craig Knowles to officially open the new rural hospital.

"We want to get as many of our past and present staff, the hospital auxiliary and health advisory board members to come and celebrate the opening with us," she said.

Board chairman Bill O'Neil said the board felt lucky to be able to open a facility like the rural hospital.

He said the Health Service would now also be able to provide proper accommodation for its staff.

"We of course recognise that security is a very important factor around hospitals and hospital residences as well, and we will ensure, good security would be provided at the new facility," he said.

"People who work at hospitals and patients have the right to feel secure."

Lightning Ridge health services manager David White, who recently resigned from his position, will finish up tomorrow to join the Royal Flying Doctors Service in Broken Hill.

Mr White said the town had been very lucky, with the support of the local United Hospital Auxiliary (UHA) who had vowed to have raised $100,000 for equipment and infrastructure in the hospital upon completion.

He said he felt the Lightning Ridge community had been very generous, and always put in the time, effort and money to achieve its goals.

"The Health Advisory Council has also been very great.

"They came up with some good ideas on how the hospital should appear, the layout of the beds, and the infrastructure's design," he said.

Mr White said some of the council members had also travelled to meet the construction crew at Forbes to see how the building would be put together.

He said the group had then gone to Narrabri to see a similar construction as the rural hospital being built there.

Board chairman Bill O'Neil, said the hospital was designed around the rural aspect of where the hospital was located.