Dargaville Hospital provides hospital level and community care to the people of Kaipara. Dargaville Medical Centre, Te Hā Oranga o Ngāti Whātua and Hospice Kaipara are other health providers also based on site.
Services include:
- 12 bed general ward
- Antenatal and postnatal maternity carer
- 8 bed detoxification ward (Timatanga Hou)
- Allied health – physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and social work
- Diagnostic services – radiology and laboratory
- Outpatients Department - provide clinics held by visiting consultants and specialists
- All emergency care
- Community health – including district nursing, community rehabilitation, public health nursing, diabetes and paediatrics specialty nursing
- Community mental health – a multidisciplinary team providing assessment and treatment to adults within the specialist mental health and addiction service for Kaipara
Information for Patients
Our approach to your care
A matou whakatata ki o tumanako
Staff at Dargaville Hospital recognise that you know best how your body responds to illness and other life experiences, and what is right and acceptable for you. We would like you to continue making your own decisions regarding your health care, with our assistance and support.
We support your right to be fully informed about your health situation. Please don't hesitate to ask for more information or to question anything you don't understand.
We encourage the support of a close relative or friend and will be happy to discuss with you how you might like them involved in your care. If your child is a patient, you are welcome to stay with your child.
Please click on the links below under "Document Downloads" for further information.
