Tauranga Hospital

Name :

Tauranga Hospital

Address  :

Cameron Road
Private Bag 12024

Town  :

Tauranga

State  :

Bay of Plenty

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Post Code:

3143

Phone  :

07 579 8000

Fax  :

07 578 2649

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Paediatrics
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 349

  • physiotherapy


Description

Tauranga Hospital provides health services to the people of the Western Bay of Plenty A secondary hospital it provides level 45 services including medical surgical paediatrics obstetrics gynaecology and mental health The hospital is also a base for a range of associated clinical support services and allied health such as rehabilitation speech therapy physiotherapy stroke and cardiac support district nursing and drug and alcohol programmes

There are 349 beds at Tauranga Hospital including the Special Care Baby Unit Maternity and Mental Health Approximately 224 beds are available for medical and surgical patients including critical care and coronary care with a further 58 for children and older people and 17 for medical day stay Twenty four beds are designated for mental health patients and 10 for Mental Health for older people There are 43 beds available for maternity including 12 for the special care baby unit

Tauranga Hospital serves one of the fastest growing populations in the country and the campus has undergone significant development in recent years to allow the BOPDHB to grow health services to match Project LEO has seen the construction of a new wing including new theatres outpatients department and maternity unit of extremely high quality The West Wing is undergoing refurbishment and further upgrades and development will continue until 2010

Tauranga Hospital is the base for clinical and medical trainees with the establishment of the DHBs Clinical School Training and placement programmes are already underway and this is expected to expand significantly in future years

The current development of the Project Hope Cancer Centre based at Tauranga Hospital represents a communityDHB collaboration that has created an excellent oncology base for the Western Bay

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