Whakatane Hospital

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Name :

Whakatane Hospital

Address  :

Corner Stewart and Garaway Streets
PO Box 241

Town  :

Whakatane

State  :

Bay of Plenty

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Post Code:

3158

Phone  :

07 306 0999

Fax  :

07 307 0451

Web URL  :

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Specialization
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Paediatrics
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 123

Description
Whakatane Hospital provides health services to the people of the Eastern Bay of Plenty A secondary hospital it provides level 34 services including medical surgical paediatrics obstetrics gynaecology and mental health The hospital is also a base for a range of associated clinical support services and allied health such as rehabilitation speech therapy physiotherapy stroke and cardiac support district nursing and drug and alcohol programmes

There are 123 beds at Whakatane Hospital including the Special Care Baby Unit Maternity and Mental Health Approximately 67 beds are available for medical and surgical patients with a further 14 designated for children and elderly patients

Whakatane Hospital serves a population that has a large proportion of lower socioeconomic communities of which many are rurally isolated The BOPDHB is currently working on plans to redevelop the hospital campus to meet new seismic requirements and the modern needs of a diverse region

It is envisaged that Whakatane Hospital will be a key base for clinical and medical trainees in the future as the DHBs Clinical School becomes more established Some training and placement programmes are already underway

The recent opening of the Project Hope Cancer Centre based at Whakatane Hospital represents a communityDHB collaboration that has created an excellent oncology base for the region
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