Wakari Hospital

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Wakari Hospital
Otago District Health Board
Main Block entrance, Wakari Hospital in 2008
Location
Place Taieri Road Dunedin, (NZ)
Coordinates 45°51′32″S 170°28′22″E / -45.858994, 170.472783Coordinates: 45°51′32″S 170°28′22″E / -45.858994, 170.472783
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.

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