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Patient updates Waikato Hospital from Christchurch
Patient updates Waikato Hospital from Christchurch
Waikato Hospital has a 52-year-old Christchurch man stable in a ward who transferred overnight to Hamilton. He had both legs amputated above the knee on the scene at the PPG building on Cambridge Terrace by an Australian doctor in the city at a conference. He is now under the care of our trauma specialist Dr Grant Christey.
There has already been some media interest and the man's wife has given us the following statement to release.
"We thank the media for their interest. We ask you to respect our privacy at this stressful time in our lives."
She and the couple's two children are in Hamilton supporting him.
Waikato Hospital also has a 53-year-old West Coast man and a 65-year-old Waitara woman transferred from Christchurch's intensive care unit to Hamilton Both are in a serious condition. Their situation is unrelated to the earthquake. We are about to accept two renal patients who have family in the Waikato community.
Waikato has more than 220 volunteers on standby if required by the National Emergency Centre or to fill rosters where staff have gone south.
Three Waikato Hospital intensive care unit nurses are in Christchurch on a seven day deployment.
The volunteers range from doctors, nurses, pharmacists and morticians.
We also have identified a number of aged residential beds available in the community to assist some of Christchurch's most vulnerable residents to safer accommodation.
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Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
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