Hawera Hospital

Name :

Hawera Hospital

Address  :

Hunter Street

Town  :

Hawera

State  :

Taranaki

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Post Code:

4800

Phone  :

06 278 7109

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Orthopedics
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 47

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray
  • Physiotherapy


Description

Welcome to the Hawera Hospital pages The 26bed Hawera Hospital offers a comprehensive health service The sun filled hospital includes 21 inpatient beds with private ensuites four maternity beds and a fully equipped birthing room A 24hour emergency department provides emergency services Hawera Hospital offers outpatient and community services including mental health district allied health and public health services The new 79M Hawera Hospital opened to patients in March 2002 and was formally opened by the Prime Minister Helen Clark on 19 June 2002
New Zealand Hospitals Face Staff Shortage

A Nurses Organization survey was carried out in New Zealand which has revealed that there is a need of nearly 120 nurses at the hospital wards It is being claimed by working nurses that the nursepatient ratio affects their capability of undertaking the job As per the findings the ratio causes them to provide only basic care to patients which in ... Read More

Not all ICUs need a specialist at night study

The results published in the New England Journal of Medicine counter an argument from some in the medical community that ICUs need roundtheclock intensivists doctors who specialize in critical care quotOur knee jerk reaction is to try to put intensivists in every ICU at all hours of the day and that reaction is likely a misstep because it overs... Read More