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Services at Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
A huge range of health services are provided at Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. Click on items in the menus to the left and right for more details, or see the map below.
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Accommodation at Hawke's Bay Hospital
Accommodation is available on the hospital site for family/whānau and patients who live out of town, at Mihiroa Whare within our Māori Health Service. You can speak with a nurse in the ward, the duty manager, or contact the Māori Health Service to make arrangements or for further information.
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Orthotic service
Orthotics is the branch of medicine that deals with the provision and use of artificial devices such as splints and braces. It is a service which assesses patients in hospital, and follows up with outpatients offsite in Hastings.
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome patient linked to Havelock North outbreak
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s (HBDHB) Public Health Team can confirm that the patient in Wellington Hospital diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is linked to the Havelock North Campylobacter outbreak.
Director of Population Health, Dr Caroline McElnay, said staff had positively identified the link (i. e. -
Hawke's Bay DHB preparing for strike
New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants have voted to strike, significantly impacting services at Hawke’s Bay and Wairoa hospitals and Napier and Central Hawke’s Bay’s medical centres.
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Intensive Care Unit ICU
The Intensive Care Unit or ICU is a specially staffed and equipped unit that provides care for patients with life threatening or potentially life threatening conditions. Our aim is to return patients to a quality of life that is acceptable to them, to minimise suffering and to reduce disability.
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Gastro update Tuesday 23 August
Welcome to Tuesday’s Hawke’s Bay District Health Board Update 23 August 2016.
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Outpatients making the most of free bus fares
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s (HBDHB) investment into offering free bus fares for people attending outpatient appointments at Hawke’s Bay Hospital and Napier Health is already making an impact with 345 outpatients choosing to take the bus during its first month of operation.
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Social work
Social workers look at the interaction between people and their social environment.
They assist people through emotional and/or practical changes they may face as a result of illness of disability.