Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 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 strike and will continue to operate as normal.
Whanganui Hospital's Critical care unit caters for critically ill, cardiac and high-dependency patients who require a highly specialised level of care.
You can contact the Critical care unit by:
The Critical care unit is located at:
The team provides the following types of health care, depending on patient needs:
The unit is co-located with the hospital’s Emergency Department, and Children's and Maternity wards to provide patients with a smooth transition between departments when necessary.
The unit has 6 beds and 6 telemetry units, as well as a large whānau room with kitchen facilities and a TV.
Some unit nurses are also part of our flight team, who fly angiography patients to Wellington and other patients to specialist hospitals where required.
