1608

Name :

1608

Address  :

Pembroke Street
Private Bag 3200

Town  :

Hamilton

State  :

Waikato

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Post Code:

3240

Phone  :

07 839 8899

Fax  :

07 839 8799

Web URL  :


Description

Waikato Hospital is a 600 bed regional base hospital first established in 1886 which makes it 125 years old on 1 December 2011 Read more about Waikato Hospitals history and our peopleIt is part of Health Waikato the provider arm of the Waikato District Health Board which provides a network of integrated hospital and community based health services to a population of 365730

Through Waikato Hospital specialist diagnostic treatment services are offered to the whole of the Midland region a population of 832600 and beyond

Waikato Hospital strives to be a caring and progressive tertiary hospital providing first class specialty services responsive to the health needs of the people of the Waikato and Midland region

As part of this specialty service education and experience is provided for medical nursing and allied health staff Participation by patients in these teaching programmes is optional
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