A review of hospital and related services in New Zealand.

  • New Zealand. Department of Health.
Date:
1969
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A review of hospital and related services in New Zealand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) (Cc) (d) (e) (f) (g) Surgical Unit at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland has a world- wide reputation, and patients are admitted to it from many parts of the world in addition to those from all over New Zealand. It is in a position to carry out heart transplants as and when suitable donors and recipients become available, but has not so far entered this field. One private hospital in Auckland has also recently established an open heart surgery unit with appropriate staffing assistance from the Auckland Hospital Board. The equipment was donated by a private benefactor. Renal Transplants and Dialysis Only one renal transplant unit has until recently been operating in New Zealand, at the General Hospital, Auckland, but a second has just been established and is now functioning at Wellington Hospital. Renal dialysis is carried out on a major scale at Auckland and is being developed at the Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Waikato hospitals. 7 Neurosurgery Specialist neurosurgical units have been established at Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin, and these units provide consultant services to neighbouring Hospital Boards. Radiotherapy Fully equipped megavoltage radiotherapy centres are situated in Auckland, Waikato, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, and there are facilities of a minor nature available at New Plymouth in Taranaki, and Kew in Southland. One private oe in Wellington has a cobalt 60 supervoltage machine avail- able. Plastic Surgery Plastic surgery is provided by units in Auckland (Middlemore Hospital), Wellington and Christchurch (Burwood Hospital). Rheumatology The national centre for rheumatology is at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Rotorua, which was transferred from Health Department control to Waikato Hospital Board control on 1 October 1968. The staff from this hospital visit other centres in the North Island and provide a consultant service for Hospital Boards, and the hospital itself admits patients from all over New Zealand. At this hospital also is situated the National cerebral palsy unit. Other rheumatology units are at Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Palmerston North. Blood Transfusion Services are available in most Board areas, and there are Regional Blood Transfusion Officers centred at Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. These officers, together with Health Department representatives, constitute the Blood Transfusion Advisory Committee advising the Depart- ment and Hospital Boards on all aspects of blood and intravenous fluid therapy and upon the preparation and use of such blood pro- ducts as Tetanus Immune Globulin (Human), Vaccinia Immune Globulin (Human), anti-Rh Gamma Globulin, etc. The first national post-graduate centre, the National Women’s