- Waitakere Hospital
Waitakere Hospital is a new general hospital in the Henderson/Lincoln suburb area of
Waitakere City , part of theAuckland area ofNew Zealand . It is administered by the WaitemataDistrict Health Board and serves the Waitakere andKaipara populations. Opened in 2005, it has 76 medical beds and 6coronary care beds, a maternity unit and a surgical unit with 2operating theatre s. The hospital's emergency centre is currently not a24/7 facility, [ [http://www.waitematadhb.govt.nz/SecondaryHealthServices/WaitakereHospital/tabid/60/Default.aspx Waitakere Hospital] (official hospital website of the district health board)] and urgent cases are referred toNorth Shore Hospital during the night hours. [" [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=236&objectid=10395110 Full West Auckland emergency health service in doubt] " - "The New Zealand Herald ", Tuesday 08 August 2006]HealthWest, a private primary health provider, was as of 2006 in negotiations with the hospital to be allowed to provide fee-paying patients with medical services in the hospital. While this proposed measure did not go forward as of mid 2007, it highlighted the fact that even after the NZ$60 million upgrading to general hospital status, the facility was still facing shortages, like many other public health facilities in New Zealand. [" [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10395492 Waitakere patients face fees] " - "
The New Zealand Herald ", Thursday 10 August 2006] In the first five months of 2008, the emergency department of the hospital was forced into partial closure 52 times, and has still not officially become a 24/7 facility. This is being blamed on short-staffing and financial constraints of the District Health Board." [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10524688 Hospital emergency department in 'crisis'] " - "The New Zealand Herald ", Friday 01 August 2008]References
External links
* [http://www.waitematadhb.govt.nz Waitemata District Health Board] (official body responsible for the hospital)
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