Waikato Hospital
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| Waikato Hospital | |
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| Waikato Hospital seen over the water. | |
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| Place | Hamilton (NZ) |
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| Care System | Unknown |
| Hospital Type | Specialist, Teaching |
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| Emergency Dept. | Unknown |
| Beds | 600 |
| History | |
| Founded | Unknown |
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| Website | Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in New Zealand |
Waikato Hospital is a major regional hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand. It provides specialised and emergency healthcare[1] for the Midlands and Waikato area with patients referred there from feeder hospitals like Whakatane, Lakes area, Tauranga, Thames, Tokoroa and Rotorua.[2]
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[edit] Facilities
The hospital provides 600 beds and employs approximately 2,500 staff. It treats approximately 39,350 inpatients and 161,500 outpatients, and has around 3,000 births annually.[1] Specialist services include:[1]
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The centre is the main trauma facility for the area, and close connection to road and air transport (air ambulances, helicopter or fixed wing plane) allow patient-hospital transport in less than an hour from any place in the region.[1]
[edit] Other services
The hospital has an academic division of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Auckland, acting as a teaching and training centre for undergraduates and postgraduate medical and allied health science students. There is a dedicated training facility, the Bryant Education Centre. Research is also undertaken in cooperation with the Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre and the University of Waikato.[1]
The hospital also has five chaplains who help perform social services and provide counseling, assisted by volunteers. The services are part-funded by the Ministry of Health, churches and donations.[3] The hospital also operates 'Hilda Ross House', a hospital hotel owned by the District Health Board.[1]
[edit] History
Sir Archibald McIndoe trained as a house surgeon at Waikato hospital prior to working in the US, and UK with his cousin Harold Gillies.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Waikato Hospital (from the Waikato District health Board website. Retrieved 2007-10-09.)
- ^ Waikato Hospital in Overload for Fourth Day in Row - Waikato District Health Board media release, via Scoop, Friday 10 August 2007
- ^ Hospital kindness strapped for cash - Waikato Times, Saturday 22 September 2007
[edit] External links
- Waikato Hospital (official hospital website from the Waikato District Health Board)
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