The Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for the lower half of the North Island and the upper half of the South Island, including the Chatham Islands.
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He offers no apology for its size which, he says, was meant to be big because it was to be the nation's medical referral centre.
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It is the only hospital in the world to specialise entirely in intestinal and colorectal medicine and is a national and international referral centre for intestinal and colorectal disorders.
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In 1958, after four years of planning, a resolution was passed to open a referral centre to help native persons relocating to urban areas access the social services available.
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As the national referral centre for cardiovascular disease, IJN sees new cases referred from all over the country and abroad as well as follow-up cases at the outpatient clinics.
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Bloomfield Campus provides inpatient psychiatric facilities and is the region's tertiary referral centre for mental health patients, and also accepts patients from Sydney and other areas of the state.
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He also pioneered the successful effort to remove lead content from gasoline throughout India in April 2000 and was instrumental in the creation of the National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India.
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The George Foundation and St . Johns Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, joined in association to establish the National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning Prevention in India ( NRCLPI ) in 2003.
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The hospital offers general medical services, as well as a dedicated pediatrics emergency area, a regional referral centre for specialized pediatrics and maternity care, hospice, and two extended care units.
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A secondary and specialist hospital, it serves as a referral centre for patients from primary and health centres in the state as well as the northern part of Johor and the Tampin district of Negeri Sembilan.
