Starship Children's Hospital is a public children's hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. Opened on 18 November 1991, it was one of the first purpose-built children's hospitals in New Zealand, and is the largest such facility in the country. Although a separate facility, it is located on the same grounds as the Auckland City Hospital in Grafton, Auckland, and is adjacent to the Auckland Medical School.
There are more than 140,000 patient visits to Starship Child Health each year including around 1000 outreach clinics where Starship clinicians offer specialist consultation and support to their peers all around New Zealand.[2]
Main Starship building atrium looking up from the inner courtyard.Main Starship building atrium from the top.
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The main Starship building opened on 18 November 1991 on the grounds of Auckland City Hospital. Its name was chosen to appeal to children and young people and to reflect the building's design. The building has a central atrium lit by natural light and designed to a rainforest theme with a playground. Each of its five levels is painted a different colour, with a symbolic meaning: aqua for the Pacific Ocean; orange for land; blue for sky; yellow for sunshine; and pink for health.
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Facilities include inpatient and outpatient services as well as community-based services such as Community Child Health and Disability Service, Safekids and Paediatric Home Care. The building has nine wards and a capacity of 219 beds. Besides the main building, Starship has outpatient clinics for the Auckland region in Tamaki, West Auckland and North Shore, as well as being associated with approximately 45 Outreach Clinics throughout the country.
Starship Hospital is the major trauma centre for children in the Auckland region, and the tertiary major trauma centre for children in the Northland, Auckland, and northern parts of the Waikato region.[3]
The Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service, based at Starship Hospital, provides national treatment for paediatric and adult congenital heart problems.[4][5]
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The volunteer group Radio Lollipop operate a hospital radio station, as well as visiting children with games and entertainment in the evenings.
The hospital includes a number of food outlets and a convenience store.
Referencesedit
^"Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland | te Whatu Ora".
^"Home". National Trauma Network. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^"Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service". starship.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
^O'Donnell, Clare; Finucane, Kirsten (2021-08-01). "'Life should be based on affairs of the heart'. Reflections on congenital heart disease care at Green Lane hospital". International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease. 4: 100154. doi:10.1016/j.ijcchd.2021.100154. ISSN 2666-6685.
Welcome to Starship Children's Health and Starship Foundation (official hospital website)
April 14, 2024
starship, hospital, this, article, about, starship, children, health, other, similarly, named, hospitals, children, hospital, disambiguation, 8596, 7699, 8596, 7699, starship, children, healthsouthern, entrance, hospital, geographylocationauckland, city, auckl. This article is about Starship Children s Health For other similarly named hospitals see Children s Hospital disambiguation 36 51 35 S 174 46 12 E 36 8596 S 174 7699 E 36 8596 174 7699 Starship Children s HealthSouthern entrance of the hospital GeographyLocationAuckland City Auckland Region New ZealandOrganisationCare systemAuckland District Health BoardTypeTeaching specialistServicesEmergency departmentYesBeds219HistoryOpened18 November 1991 32 years ago 1991 11 18 LinksWebsitewww wbr starship wbr org wbr nzListsHospitals in New ZealandStarship Children s Hospital is a public children s hospital in Auckland New Zealand Opened on 18 November 1991 it was one of the first purpose built children s hospitals in New Zealand and is the largest such facility in the country Although a separate facility it is located on the same grounds as the Auckland City Hospital in Grafton Auckland and is adjacent to the Auckland Medical School On 1 July 2022 Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora Maori Health Authority became New Zealand s new national health authorities and Starship became part of Health New Zealand 1 There are more than 140 000 patient visits to Starship Child Health each year including around 1000 outreach clinics where Starship clinicians offer specialist consultation and support to their peers all around New Zealand 2 Contents 1 Facilities 1 1 Character 1 2 Medical 1 3 Others 2 References 3 External linksFacilities edit nbsp Main Starship building atrium looking up from the inner courtyard nbsp Main Starship building atrium from the top Character edit The main Starship building opened on 18 November 1991 on the grounds of Auckland City Hospital Its name was chosen to appeal to children and young people and to reflect the building s design The building has a central atrium lit by natural light and designed to a rainforest theme with a playground Each of its five levels is painted a different colour with a symbolic meaning aqua for the Pacific Ocean orange for land blue for sky yellow for sunshine and pink for health Medical edit Facilities include inpatient and outpatient services as well as community based services such as Community Child Health and Disability Service Safekids and Paediatric Home Care The building has nine wards and a capacity of 219 beds Besides the main building Starship has outpatient clinics for the Auckland region in Tamaki West Auckland and North Shore as well as being associated with approximately 45 Outreach Clinics throughout the country Starship Hospital is the major trauma centre for children in the Auckland region and the tertiary major trauma centre for children in the Northland Auckland and northern parts of the Waikato region 3 The Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service based at Starship Hospital provides national treatment for paediatric and adult congenital heart problems 4 5 Others edit The volunteer group Radio Lollipop operate a hospital radio station as well as visiting children with games and entertainment in the evenings The hospital includes a number of food outlets and a convenience store References edit Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland te Whatu Ora Starship About the Foundation Home National Trauma Network Retrieved 30 March 2023 Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service starship org nz Retrieved 2023 06 29 O Donnell Clare Finucane Kirsten 2021 08 01 Life should be based on affairs of the heart Reflections on congenital heart disease care at Green Lane hospital International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease 4 100154 doi 10 1016 j ijcchd 2021 100154 ISSN 2666 6685 External links edit nbsp Medicine portal nbsp New Zealand portalWelcome to Starship Children s Health and Starship Foundation official hospital website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Starship Hospital amp oldid 1170098282, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
