Taranaki Base Hospital
Taranaki Base Hospital listed as a Covid-19 exposure event
It remains unclear whether hospital staff will be stood down, after the Ministry of Health identified the Emergency Department as an exposure event.
Taranaki hospital buildings may be quake-prone
Engineers have found that large parts of Taranaki Base Hospital - including its emergency department, intensive care unit and maternity block - are probably earthquake prone.
Student in hospital after third bus crash in weeks
An Inglewood High School student is still in Taranaki Base Hospital this morning closed after a school bus crash yesterday afternoon. The 69-year-old driver of the bus died and 10 of the 13 students… Audio
Nurses feared for their lives as gun shots rang out
A nurse who lives in the staff accommodation at Taranaki Base Hospital has described how residents feared a gunman had entered the building after shots were fired outside in the car park. Audio
Forty years of hospital food
Gillian Gonthier has spent nearly 40 years thinking about and preparing hospital food. The dietician started her career at Taranaki Base Hospital in 1976. It was a time when hospital breakfasts were… Audio