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Surgical Services - Operating Theatres

Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) serving the people of South and East Auckland is one of the largest providers of paediatric and adult primary, secondary and tertiary health care in Australasia.

The operating theatres are located on two sites at Middlemore and Manukau. The staff are a committed team who focus on quality care to ensure positive patient outcomes.  Career Pathways are well established and structured to enable ongoing professional development.
 

Middlemore Operating Theatres

Middlemore Hospital was built on land purchased from the adjacent golf course during the Second World War for the predicted casualties from the Pacific. As it transpired the hospital was not required and on 3^rd May 1947 the hospital was officially opened for the local population. Little of those original buildings remain.

In 1964 a new surgical block was built which had 6 operating rooms. The theatres have been updated with 5 theatres being added to give 11 theatres.

Middlemore has undergone a number of rebuilding upgrades and today is a modern hospital with many new patient focussed innovations. Planning is now underway for the replacement of the existing 11 operating theatres.

Middlemore provides acute and trauma surgery and some elective surgery covering a range of specialties including Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Oncology, General and Vascular surgery, Gynaecology, Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Regional Hand Unit, acute and elective Obstetrics and is home to the recently opened National Burns unit.

Theatre remains a challenging and exciting speciality and the expansion of services provides a stimulating and rewarding professional journey.
 

Manukau Surgery Centre

Manukau Surgery Centre (MSC), located a short distance from Middlemore, opened in 1997. The original theatres were located adjacent to the Manukau SuperClinic™ and consisted of 4 day-stay theatres and 2 procedure rooms.  Originally the theatres offered only day surgery. 

In 2001, the facilities expanded with the construction of in-patient wards and the expansion of the operating theatres. This expansion has increased the theatres numbers to 10 theatres and 2 procedure rooms. This enables CMDHB to provide more complex in-patient elective surgery and supported CMDHB philosophy to “ring fence” elective surgery preventing impact on the elective patient planning. MSC specialties including Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Oncology, General and Vascular surgery, Gynaecology, Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Regional Hand Unit, ORL and Ophthalmology.

Published:  27-Apr-2009  |  Enquiries:  Contact Us