Timaru Hospital

Name :

Timaru Hospital

Address  :

Private Bag 911
Queen Street

Town  :

Timaru

State  :

Canterbury

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Phone  :

03 687 2100

Fax  :

03 688 0238

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Psychiatrist
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 131

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray
  • CT/MRI
  • Physiotherapy


Description

Timaru Hospital is a 131bed facility providing a range of inpatient outpatient and community secondary services to the people of the South Canterbury region The hospital provides 247 acute medical surgical and maternity services Assessment Treatment amp Rehabilitation ATampR services for older persons and a number of tertiary services through visiting clinicians
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