Wellington Hospital, New Zealand
- Wellington Hospital, New Zealand
Wellington Hospital is Wellington, New Zealand's main hospital located in the suburb of Newtown on Riddiford Street. It is the main hospital run by Capital & Coast District Health Board (C&CDHB), the others including Kapiti Health Centre, Kenepuru Hospital and Porirua Hospital the latter providing many of the regions acute in-patient mental health services. Wellington Hospital is the region's tertiary hospital with services such as complex specialist and acute (or ‘tertiary’) services, procedures and treatments such as the Intensive Care Unit, cardiac surgery, cancer care, cardiology procedures, neurosurgery, maxillofacial surgery, and renal care. The Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for the lower half of the North Island and the upper half of the South Island, including the Chatham Islands.
It is affiliated with the University of Otago and has The Wellington school of Medicine and Health Sciences situated adjacent to the hospital.
C&CDHB are currently building a new regional hospital on the existing site known as the NRH Project, the programme of work includes demolition of some of the older buildings, refurbishment/upgrade of others and the construction of a new main building including wards spread over 47,830 sq metres - due for completion in December 2008. The cost of the building works at the Newtown site is NZ$265m.
External links
* [http://www.ccdhb.org.nz/ Capital & Coast District Health Board]
* [http://www.ccdhb.org.nz/patient/visitnginfowelly.htm CCDHB Guide to Wellington Hospital]
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