Nurses at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike from 7am to 11pm on both Tuesday 2 September and Thursday 4 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only.
GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
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Te Puna Wai Ora — Southern Critical Care has the capability and resources to deliver long term life support to critically ill patients. It acts as a specialised referral service for other health care providers in Otago and Southland.
You can contact Te Puna Wai Ora by:
201 Great King Street
Dunedin
Te Puna Wai Ora — Southern critical care
Private Bag 1921
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
Critical care is the specialist care given to patients with acute (sudden), potentially reversible, life-threatening diseases. This may include patients who have life-threatening conditions such as a major accident, a severe infection or those recovering from a major operation.
Critical care is split into 2 units:
In some hospitals coronary care patients and other high care areas may be combined within a critical care area.
We continuously monitor the progress of a disease and the body's response to complex treatments. This allows timely adjustment of treatments. Some of the monitoring we do includes:
Specific conditions may require other investigations. The changes are monitored and therapy adjusted as a result of the monitoring.
In some situations, we may need to perform complex procedures that can take a long time and require the unit to be closed to visitors.
Te Puna Wai Ora is staffed by a highly experienced and professional doctors and nurses, and are supported by other healthcare professionals when needed.
Full details of Te Puna Wai Ora services and contact details are on our website.
You will be admitted to Te Puna Wai Ora if the level of your care needs it.
