Tokoroa Hospital

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Name :

Tokoroa Hospital

Address  :

Maraetai Road

Town  :

Tokoroa

State  :

Waikato

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Post Code:

3491

Phone  :

07 886 7239

Web URL  :

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Specialization
  • Dermatology
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Paediatrics
  • Podiatry
  • Urology
Facilities

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray
  • Physiotherapy

Description
Tokoroa Hospital is a busy rural facility situated in the South Waikato District Central North Island

Just over one hour by road from Waikato Hospital in Hamilton Tokoroa Hospital provides a range of general services to the catchment population of the South Waikato district

The South Waikato is home to 22641 people broken down into Putaruru 6201 Tirau 2196 and Tokoroa 14244

Forestry and pastoral farming particularly dairying are the predominant activities in the district with around 20 per cent of the workforce employed in forestry and agriculture and another 28 per cent employed in manufacturing associated with these industries

Approximately half of the district is covered in forests most of which is plantation forestry and the southern and western boundaries are bordered by the Waikato River

Many recreational activities centre on the forests streams and hydro lakes including bush walking hunting fishing mountain biking water skinning trout fishing

There is also a strong network of clubs providing many opportunities from sports to theatre
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