Wellington Hospital, New Zealand
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Wellington Hospital is Wellington
, New Zealand
's main hospital located in the suburb of Newtown
. It is the main hospital run by Capital & Coast District Health Board (C&CDHB), the others including Kapiti Health Centre, and Kenepuru Hospital. Wellington Hospital is the region's tertiary hospital with services such as complex specialist and acute (or ‘tertiary’) services, procedures and treatments such as the Intensive Care Unit, cardiac surgery, cancer care, cardiology procedures, neurosurgery, maxillofacial surgery, and renal care. The Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for the lower half of the North Island
and the upper half of the South Island
, including the Chatham Islands
.
It is affiliated with the University of Otago
and has The Wellington school of Medicine and Health Sciences situated adjacent to the hospital.
C&CDHB has built a new regional hospital on the existing site known as the NRH Project, the programme of work included demolition of some of the older buildings, refurbishment/upgrade of others and the construction of a new main building including wards spread over 47,830 sq metres - this project was completed in December 2008 , at a cost of NZ$265m. The rebuild included a new state-of-the-art 18 bed Intensive Care Unit, a new operating theatre complex, and the uniting of medical & surgical wards into a single building. The newly named Wellington Regional Hospital has been built to withstand considerable earthquake shock waves using technology similar to that used in the construction of Te Papa
, New Zealand's National Museum.
During Prince William's visit he visited the children of Ward 18 and some from Ward 19.
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's main hospital located in the suburb of Newtown
Newtown, New Zealand
The suburb of Newtown lies in the southern part of Wellington in New Zealand. The population at the last census was recorded as 8,409.The suburb lies east of Vogeltown, between Mount Cook and Berhampore...
. It is the main hospital run by Capital & Coast District Health Board (C&CDHB), the others including Kapiti Health Centre, and Kenepuru Hospital. Wellington Hospital is the region's tertiary hospital with services such as complex specialist and acute (or ‘tertiary’) services, procedures and treatments such as the Intensive Care Unit, cardiac surgery, cancer care, cardiology procedures, neurosurgery, maxillofacial surgery, and renal care. The Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for the lower half of the North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
and the upper half of the South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
, including the Chatham Islands
Chatham Islands
The Chatham Islands are an archipelago and New Zealand territory in the Pacific Ocean consisting of about ten islands within a radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Their name in the indigenous language, Moriori, means Misty Sun...
.
It is affiliated with the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
and has The Wellington school of Medicine and Health Sciences situated adjacent to the hospital.
C&CDHB has built a new regional hospital on the existing site known as the NRH Project, the programme of work included demolition of some of the older buildings, refurbishment/upgrade of others and the construction of a new main building including wards spread over 47,830 sq metres - this project was completed in December 2008 , at a cost of NZ$265m. The rebuild included a new state-of-the-art 18 bed Intensive Care Unit, a new operating theatre complex, and the uniting of medical & surgical wards into a single building. The newly named Wellington Regional Hospital has been built to withstand considerable earthquake shock waves using technology similar to that used in the construction of Te Papa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles...
, New Zealand's National Museum.
Prince William's visit
In early 2010 Prince William visited NZ for the third time in his life.During Prince William's visit he visited the children of Ward 18 and some from Ward 19.
See also
- Hospitals in the Wellington Region