Services and Departments : Surgical Services

Surgical Services

Leading the way in providing care and technology


St George’s Hospital has established an enviable reputation built on “A Tradition of Excellence”
over 80 years.


Accredited by Quality Health New Zealand since 1995 it has also been ranked by independent review as being in the top 3% of Australasian hospitals for customer service and satisfaction.

All services are supported by the latest surgical technologies and highly equipped theatres and our nursing staff are highly experienced and committed to providing patients with the very best practice in clinical and postoperative care.

St George’s Hospital facilities include:

  • 9 operating theatres
  • 83 surgical beds
  • 6 ICU beds
  • 29 recovery beds
  • Cancer Care Centre
  • Cardiology Day Unit
  • Day Surgery Centre
  • 17 Maternity unit beds, 4 birthing suites and a state of the art water birthing facility

Surgical Facilities Support

Our surgical facilities are supported by:

  • Excellent Infection Prevention and Control management. Surveillance is undertaken on various specialties and procedures by our Infection Prevention and Control Nurse
  • An extensive Risk Management programme
  • Itemised tracking of all sterilised equipment used for each patient
  • A proactive customer focus programme (patient satisfaction surveys/suggestion boxes)
  • A commitment to patient safety and providing a healthy and safe environment
  • Interpretor services available

A commitment to ongoing Quality Improvement of services, treatment and care under the direction of a Quality Co-ordinator.

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Specialties covered by St George’s Hospital:
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Brachytherapy
  • Breast surgery
  • Cancer Treatment - Chemotherapy / Radiotherapy / Oncology
  • Cardiac Investigation & Intervention
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Cardiology
  • Colorectal surgery
  • Dental and Oral (Oral and Maxillofacial)
  • Endoscopy
  • ENT (Otolaryngology)
  • Eyes (Ophthalmology)
  • General surgery
  • Gynaecology
  • Laser treatments
  • Neurosurgery
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopaedic surgery
  • Paediatric surgery
  • Plastic / Reconstructive / Cosmetic surgery
  • Spinal surgery
  • Thoracic surgery
  • Vascular surgery
  • Urology
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