Wakari Hospital
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Wakari Hospital Otago District Health Board |
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Main Block entrance, Wakari Hospital in 2008 | |
Location | |
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Place | Taieri Road Dunedin, (NZ) |
Coordinates | Coordinates: |
Organisation | |
Care System | Publicly funded |
Hospital Type | Psychiatric |
Services | |
Emergency Dept. | Psychiatric |
Beds | 116 beds (13 forensic - medium secure psychiatric) |
History | |
Founded | 1957 |
Links | |
Website | Homepage |
See also | Hospitals in New Zealand |
Wakari Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Dunedin, New Zealand.
It is situated in the suburb of Wakari, about three kilometres north-west of the city centre. The hospital is operated by the Otago District Health Board and is closely associated with Dunedin Public Hospital.
It is a specialised psychiatric hospital but also cares for people with intellectual or physical disabilities. It has units for forensic psychiatry, psychiatric emergency services, long- and short-term secure psychiatric units, Māori mental health, physical rehabilitation and related services.
From 1915 the site was initially an infectious diseases centre, and later a sanatorium. In 1957 it was redeveloped as a general hospital, later becoming a geriatric and psychiatric care facility.