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Lakes District Hospital Queenstown Hospital Services
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12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.
Description
Lakes District Hospital is situated in Frankton, near Queenstown, and services all the communities in the Queenstown Lakes District including Garston, Kingston, Glenorchy, Queenstown, Arrowtown and the Wakatipu Basin. Lakes District Hospital is 2 ½ hours from our base hospital by road and 45 minutes by helicopter. There are over 1 million visitors to the district annually with a permanent population of approximately 35,000 people. Lakes District Hospital staff see a variety of work with up to 1,200 ED presentations per month leading to approximately 90 transfers to secondary or tertiary hospitals. Lakes District Hospital consists of 25 beds, a mix of maternity, acute medical, radiology, emergency and outpatient departments.
It is currently undergoing refurbishment which is due for completion in September 2019.
Services provided include:
- 10 beds for Inpatient Acute Care
- 5 Maternity beds
- Level 2 emergency service that provides assessment and stabilisation
- Outpatient Clinics, Day Surgery and the Mobile Surgical Bus which visits every 6 weeks
- Specialists visit Lakes District Hospital to provide outpatient clinics and day surgery for minor procedures
- Allied Health Services physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, speech language therapy, dietician, needs assessors and district nursing
- Diagnostic services of radiology, bed-side ultrasound, X-Ray, CT and laboratory are also provided. We have digital radiology at the hospital
- Mental Health and Dental Services are co-located to the hospital and provide a wide range of services.
Consultants
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Dr Charles Briscoe
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
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Dr Kathryn Day
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
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Dr David Dixon
Emergency Medicine Specialist
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Dr Jennifer Keys
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
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Dr Peter Kyriakoudis
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
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Dr Jeremy Leftley
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
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Dr Thomas Milliken
General Practitioner - Vocationally Registered
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Dr James Reid
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
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Dr Louise Venter
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
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Dr Susan Weggery
Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
Hours
12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.
Mon – Sun | midnight – midnight |
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Services
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Emergency Department
In an emergency call 111. For health advice call Healthline on 0800 611 116.… More
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Inpatient Services
Visiting Hours
11:00am – 12noon and 2:00pm – 8:00pm. Children are not to be left unsupervised on hospital grounds. … More -
Outpatient Clinics
Lakes District Hospital Outpatients Department is currently being expanded to include three consultation rooms and two telemedicine rooms.… More
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Wakatipu Community Mental Health Team
A community mental health service operates opposite Lakes District Hospital.… More
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District Nursing
District Nursing service provides holistic support to patients in their own environment, allowing them to maintain their independence with dignity.… More
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Mobile Surgical Bus
The Mobile Surgical Bus, which is a specially equipped mobile operating theatre, is hosted by Lakes District Hospital on a 6-weekly interval and brings day surgery facilities to the people of Queenstown Lakes.… More
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Wakatipu Community Oral Health Clinic
The primary school dental service operates opposite Lakes District Hospital.… More
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Meals on Wheels
Meals are cooked by the adjacent Bupa Wakatipu Resthome and Hospital kitchen and distributed throughout the area by volunteer drivers. More
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Chaplaincy Service
Chaplain available via on-call roster. More
Website
Contact Details
Lakes District Hospital, Queenstown
Central Lakes
Phone
(03) 441 0015
Fax
(03) 442 3305
Email
Website
Emergency Department: Open 24 hours / 7 days, Phone (03) 441 0015
20 Douglas Street
Frankton
Queenstown
Otago 9300
Street Address
20 Douglas Street
Frankton
Queenstown
Otago 9300
Postal Address
20 Douglas Street
Frankton
Queenstown 9300
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This page was last updated at 1:51PM on October 23, 2019. This information is reviewed and edited by Lakes District Hospital Queenstown Hospital Services.