Wakari Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = Wakari Hospital
Org/Group = Otago District Health Board


Caption = Main Block entrance, Wakari Hospital in 2008
Width = 300px
Location = Taieri Road
Region = Dunedin
Country = NZ
Coordinates = coord|-45.858994|170.472783|display=inline,title
HealthCare = Publicly funded
Type = Psychiatric
Emergency = Psychiatric
Beds = 116 beds (13 forensic - medium secure psychiatric)
Founded = 1957
Website = http://www.otagodhb.govt.nz/|

Wakari Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Dunedin, New Zealand.

It is situated in the suburb of Wakari, about three kilometres north-west of the city centre. The hospital is operated by the Otago District Health Board and is closely associated with Dunedin Public Hospital.

It is a specialised psychiatric hospital but also cares for people with intellectual or physical disabilities. It has units for forensic psychiatry, psychiatric emergency services, long- and short-term secure psychiatric units, Māori mental health, physical rehabilitation and related services.

From 1915 the site was initially an infectious diseases centre, and later a sanatorium. In 1957 it was redeveloped as a general hospital, later becoming a geriatric and psychiatric care facility.

External links

* [http://www.otagodhb.govt.nz/ Otago District Health Board]