Group Services

Group Services are ‘leased’ and not owned by the hospital. See the below services that are available:

Services

Matamata Medical Centre

Business Hours:

Closed Public Holidays
Monday to Friday:
9am-4.30pm
Weekends: (Urgent Only Clinic)
Saturday and Sunday:
10am-12pm

Tel (07) 881 9102

Physiotherapy

Business Hours:

Monday to Friday
8am – 5pm
No referrals required.

Visit the website

Tel (07) 888 5499

Matamata Pharmacy

Business Hours:

Monday – Thursday
8.30am – 5.15pm
Friday
8.30am – 5pm
Sunday
10.30 – 11am

Tel (07) 881 9108
Fax (07) 881 9109

Medex Radiology

Medex Radiology is proud to offer onsite X-ray, ultrasound and BD services

Business Hours:

On-call service is provided in conjunction with the on-call GP outside weekday hours
Tel 07 578 9912

Family Dental Centre

Business Hours:
Monday – Friday
8am – 5pm

Pathlab

Open Hours:

Monday – Friday
8am – 5pm
No blood tests are taken after 4pm due to courier pick-up.

Tel and Fax (07) 888 5680

Consultants

Waikato Diabetes Service: Retinal Screening

Sarah Akerstrom
Hamilton

07 859 9180

Plastic Surgery: Reconstructive and Cosmetic

Ahmed Alkadi
Tristram Clinic
200 Collingwood Street, Hamilton
Phone: 07 838 1035

07 838 1035

Ahmed visits every four weeks on a Tuesday

Adult Mental Health, Waikato District Health Board

Selim El-Badri and Brian Harvey
193 London Street, Hamilton

07 834 6902 ext 22495

Selim visits every Thursday for a full day.
Brian visits every Wednesday.

Ear Health East Waikato: Ear, Nose and Throat

Donelle Flynn
3951 Highway 27 RD4, Morrinsville

0800 327 435

Donelle Flynn visits fortnightly
Brian visits every Wednesday.

Specialist Hearing Services: Audiology and Hearing Aids

Martin
16 Clarence Street, Hamilton

07 959 2063

Jo visits every Wednesday (if possible) for a full day

Devcich Urology: Bladder Disorders

Glen Devcich
41 Pembroke Street Hamilton

07 834 3528

Hamilton Eye Clinic: Ophthalmology – Eye Disorders

Bheema Patil
130 Grantham Street
07 834 6304

07 834 6304

Bheema visits every fortnight on a Friday

Podiatry: JK Podiatry

Kate MacKenzie
Cambridge

0800 22 77 11

Kate visits every Monday and Tuesday for the full day

Orthopaedics

Grace Orthopaedics, Tauranga
Vaughan Poutawera
Vaughan visits once a month on a Tuesday Afternoon.

07 543 1853

Anglesea Clinic, Hamilton
Peter Black
Peter visits every fortnight on a Thursday.

07 957 6094

Bay Sports and Orthopaedics, Tauranga
Aaron Cook
Aaron visits every fortnight on a Friday.

07 543 1860

Gynaecology: Roman Surgical Ltd

Jose Roman
95 Clarence Street, Hamilton

07 839 7592

Jose visits every four weeks on a Tuesday

Orthotic Centre

Mike Batters
Hamilton

07 834 1281

Mike visits every three weeks on a Wednesday at 1pm

Proud to offer:

Aged Care
End of Life Care
Carer Support Care
Primary Care (GP Beds)
Post-operative Care
Maternity Care

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Visiting Consultants:

Orthopaedics
ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)
Orthotics
Opthalmology
Psychiatry
Gynaecology
Urology
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry
Audiology
Diabetes Retinal Screening

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