Dunedin Hospital

Name :

Dunedin Hospital

Address  :

201 Great King St

Town  :

Dunedin

State  :

Otago

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Post Code:

9054

Phone  :

03 474 0999

Fax  :

03 474 7025

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description

Dunedin Hospital is the main public hospital in Dunedin New Zealand It is the largest hospital south of Christchurch and serves as the major hospital for the Otago and Southland regions with a potential catchment radius of roughly 300 kilometres and a population of around 300000 Patients are transferred or sent to this tertiary level care hospital from smaller secondary care hospitals across Otago and Southland such as Clyde Queenstown Oamaru Gore and Invercargill

The hospital is operated by the Southern District Health Board an entity formed by the amalgamation of the Otago District Health Board and Southland District Health Board It is located in the central business district of Dunedin close to Otago University lying between Great King Street Hanover Street Cumberland Street and Frederick Street

It is a 388 bed tertiary hospital and is affiliated with the University of Otago There are approximately 200 specialist consultants Total employees number about 3100
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