Waikato Hospital

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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

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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]

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.[citation needed]

Diggers Bar and Café in Hamilton West was once the office of the Waikato District Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

References

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External links

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Waikato Hospital (from the Waikato District health Board website. Retrieved 2007-10-09.)
  2. Waikato Hospital in Overload for Fourth Day in Row - Waikato District Health Board media release, via Scoop, Friday 10 August 2007
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