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Tokoroa Hospital
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 22,641 people broken down into Putaruru 6201, Tirau 2196 and Tokoroa 14,244.
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Forestry and pastoral
farming, particularly dairying, are the predominant activities in the district with around 20% of the workforce employed in forestry and
agriculture and another 28% 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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Main services provided
- general inpatient services- general medicine, rehabilitation, palliative care, medical day case procedures
- emergency services 24/7
- maternity caseload managed service plus facility access to independent midwives
- day surgical unit procedures, includes dental, endoscopy, TOPs (termination of pregnancy)
- a range of outpatient services – visiting consultants from Waikato, Thames and other hospitals
- audiology
- aural toilet
- colposcopy & ante natal
- dermatology
- diabetes
- ear, nose & throat
- endoscopy
- eye
- fracture clinic
- general medical & respiratory
- general surgical
- geriatric / older persons
- gynaecology
- orthopaedics
- paediatric diabetes
- paediatric medicine
- paediatric surgery
- palliative care
- respiratory O2 (nurse specialist)
- respiratory rehabilitation
- retinal diabetes photoscreening
- rheumatology
- smear clinic
- speech therapist
- urology
- orthotics
- podiatry
- 24/7 laboratory services
- medical radiography 24/7
- physiotherapy services
- occupational therapy.
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Support services- full hotel services
- administration support including medical typing and clinical coding
- estate and engineering service.
Community services
- district nursing services
- public health nursing
- dietitian
- vision hearing technician
- occupational therapist
- social workers
- ear nurse specialist
- physiotherapist
- family counsellor
- Pacific health worker
- dental therapists (central management)
- health promoters (central management)
- mental health (central management)
- diabetes nurse specialists (central management)
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Other service delivery hours
Radiography: (by referral only)
8am – 4.30pm with urgent after hours service available on call
Laboratory: (by referral only)
8am - 4.30pm with urgent after hours services available on call
Collection point in town
Outpatient Service (by appointment only)
8.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday
Also provided on site at Tokoroa Hospital but not Waikato DHB funded:
- Horizon Radiology - providing ante natal ultrasound
- Strengthening Families
- Tokoroa Activities Centre (Day Care)
Facilities
The
Tokoroa Hotel Services department provides a wide range of services and
amenities that help improve the environment for patients and staff.
These services include a cafeteria, which is open from 8am-2pm.
Visiting
Visiting hours are 1pm -8pm with flexible hours for the family /whanau of unwell inpatients.
Visitors’ information
For more information about the south Waikato, visit:
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