Dunedin Hospital

Dunedin Hospital
Southern District Health Board
Dunedin Hospital from Signal Hill
Geography
LocationDunedin, New Zealand, Otago, New Zealand
Coordinates45°52′10″S 170°30′31″E / 45.8694°S 170.5086°E / -45.8694; 170.5086
Organisation
Care systemPublicly funded
TypeTeaching, Tertiary Referral
Affiliated universityUniversity of Otago
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds398 (as of 2023)
HelipadICAO: NZDH
History
Opened1851
Links
Websitehttps://www.southernhealth.nz/
ListsHospitals in New Zealand

Dunedin Hospital is a hospital in Dunedin, New Zealand.

History

The original hospital was built in the centre of Dunedin in 1851, and moved to in 1865.

2007 Norovirus outbreak

In March 2007 two wards of the hospital were closed because of a suspected outbreak of norovirus. On 16 August 2008 the hospital was put in lockdown for one week.

COVID-19 pandemic

In June 2022, the Dunedin Hospital was closed to visitors after an outbreak of COVID-19 within its wards.

References

  1. ↑ "Hospitals". 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bug closes two Dunedin hospital wards". The New Zealand Herald. NZME. 22 March 2007. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2007.
  3. ↑ McLean, Elspeth (16 August 2008). "Norovirus restricts access to hospital". Otago Daily Times. Allied Press. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Hospital still in lockdown amid seven new cases". The New Zealand Herald. 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  5. ↑ Schofield, Edith (22 August 2008). "Dunedin Hospital to lift lockdown". Otago Daily Times. Allied Press. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Ryder, Wyatt (3 June 2022). "Hospital closed to visitors". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

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