Auckland City Hospital, at 2 Park Road in Grafton, Auckland, is one of the largest and most comprehensive hospitals in New Zealand. Its page on a booking site lists specialties including cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, orthopaedic and bone surgery, and radiology. Visitors describe a very big hospital that looked clean and well organised, with staff who were helpful and working hard to look after patients. One family wrote of the care and support they received from the whole team.
Waiting is the main warning. One visitor who came in with symptoms of a heart attack and chest pain said they waited more than nine hours in the emergency room, from 10pm until 7.30am, and never saw a doctor. The booking page shows time slots for the current and next three months, with a choice of month and day.