We provide secondary and tertiary specialist services either in the outpatient setting, as a day case or an inpatient in the following areas:

Anaesthesia and pain management
Dental Surgery
ENT and Audiology
General and Vascular surgery
Intensive care
Neurosurgery
Neurology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Rheumatology
Urology
Paediatric surgery and Gynaecology (N.B. managed under Womens Health services).
Cardiothoracic surgery (managed with Cardiology under Medical Services)

Otago DHB provides a regional emergency response service.  The development of a coordinated response to emergencies requiring health care intervention combining air ambulance transport, and road transport has meant that no patient in the region is more than an hour away from specialist care.

Service Delivery statistics:  - approx 60000 outpatient visits annually
                                         - approx 6900 inpatients annually