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Emergency Department (ED) - Waitakere Hospital
Emergency Department (ED) - Waitakere Hospital
Hours
- 24 hours per day
- 7 days per week
Referral Expectations
- On arrival at the Emergency Department (ED), the patient may expect to undergo a brief triage or screening to determine the nature and severity of the illness or injury
- Those with more severe symptoms or injuries are treated before those with less serious conditions
- After the initial assessment and treatment, patients may be admitted to the hospital, transferred to another hospital or discharged
Charges
- New Zealand citizens or those who have obtained permanent residence are entitled to publicly funded healthcare.
- For more information please refer to our section "Do you have to pay?"
- Each year approximately 42,400 patients presented to ED at Waitakere.
- Of these 87% were seen by Emergency Medicine doctors.