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.[1]

2007 Norovirus outbreak

In March 2007 two wards of the hospital were closed because of a suspected outbreak of norovirus.[2] On 16 August 2008 the hospital was put in lockdown for one week.[3][4][5]

COVID-19 pandemic

In June 2022, the Dunedin Hospital was closed to visitors after an outbreak of COVID-19 within its wards.[6]

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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