Wairarapa Hospital

Name :

Wairarapa Hospital

Address  :

PO Box 96

Town  :

Masterton

State  :

Wellington

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Fax  :

06 946 9837

Web URL  :


Description

In 2006 we moved into our brand new purpose built 30 million hospital and are thoroughly enjoying the new facility new equipment and the new ways of working it allows

Set in the heart of the region Wairarapa Hospital provides a full range of secondary medical surgical and OampG services

Wairarapa Hospital is a teaching hospital with links to the Wellington School of Medicine the University of Otago Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and Bachelor of Nursing programmes through the UCOL campuses at Palmerston North and Masterton

We are a busy rural hospital with up to 92 beds covering all aspects of secondary health care Our ambulance service is an integral part of our operation Wairarapa Hospital provides 24hour acuteemergency services covering medical surgical obstetric paediatric assessment and rehabilitation for young and older adults high dependency care and mental health

We are well supported by Wellington Hospital 15 hours away for tertiary services both on and offsite We also work closely with our neighbouring hospitals in Palmerston North and Hutt Valley In addition Selina Sutherland Private Hospital is onsite giving a range of choices for patients and staff

Communitybased services are an essential part of our operations and include public health district nursing midwifery care physiotherapy and a variety of outreach initiatives such as the Cardiac Outreach Programme and maraebased clinics for asthma and diabetes

Many of our services work closely with other health providers in the community

Please note that Wairarapa DHB is smokefree on all sites buildings and vehicles from 31 May 2004
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