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Lakes District Hospital Queenstown Hospital Services

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Today

Open today 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.

In 2019, refurbishment work was completed which included the addition of a new emergency department, Radiology suite including a CT scanner and refurbishment of the Outpatients department, including Telemedicine rooms.

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 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

Dr Charles Briscoe

Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
Dr Kathryn Day

Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
Dr David Dixon

Emergency Medicine Specialist
Dr Jennifer Keys

Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
Dr Peter Kyriakoudis

Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
Dr Jeremy Leftley

Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
Dr James Reid

Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
Dr Louise Venter

Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist
Dr Susan Weggery

Rural Hospital Medicine Specialist

Hours

Open today 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

Mon – Sun	midnight – midnight

Services

Emergency Department

In an emergency call 111. For health advice call Healthline on 0800 611 116.… More
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
Wakatipu Community Mental Health Team

A community mental health service operates opposite Lakes District Hospital.… More
District Nursing

District Nursing service provides holistic support to patients in their own environment, allowing them to maintain their independence with dignity.… More
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
Wakatipu Community Oral Health Clinic

The primary school dental service operates opposite Lakes District Hospital.… More
Meals on Wheels

Meals are cooked by the adjacent Bupa Wakatipu Resthome and Hospital kitchen and distributed throughout the area by volunteer drivers. More
Chaplaincy Service

Chaplain available via on-call roster. More

Wheelchair Access

Yes

Pharmacy

For a full list of pharmacies in our area click here.

Website

www.southernhealth.nz/

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