Waikato Hospital
| Waikato Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Waikato Hospital seen across Hamilton Lake. | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Hospital type | Tertiary teaching hospital, base hospital for the Waikato region |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | yes |
| Beds | 600 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.waikatodhb.health.nz |
| Lists | 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]
Facilities
Waikato District Health Board employs more than 6000 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 372,865 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
Specialist services include:[1]
For a full list of services visit Waikato Hospital Health Professionals
- Anaesthesiology
- Cardiac surgery / cardiology
- Dermatology
- Emergency medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General surgery
- Gynaecology
- Haematology
- Intensive care / Neonatal intensive care
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedic surgery
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Paediatric surgery
- Paediatrics
- Plastic surgery
- Psychology
- Radiology
- Renal care
- Respiratory care
- Urological care
- Vascular surgery
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]
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]
History
Plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe trained as a house surgeon at Waikato hospital prior to working in the US and UK with his cousin Harold Gillies. Mary Anne Reidy was also a key figure in the preservation of the hospital. [4]
Diggers Bar and Café in Hamilton West was once the office of the Waikato District Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 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. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ Downs, Jeff. "Mary Anne Reidy". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
External links
- Waikato Hospital (official hospital website from the[Waikato District Health Board)
- Waikato Hospital Information page (Useful hospital information on a single page)
Coordinates: 37°48′15.51″S 175°16′56.26″E / 37.8043083°S 175.2822944°E