Tauranga residents are making their way to Whakatane Hospital for specialist treatment avoiding long waiting lists. Bay of Plenty District Health Board officer Phillip Balmer said Tauranga based patients are able to undergo surgery operations for dental, general surgery, orthopaedics and gynaecology. For those Tauranga residents who need treatment, Whakatane Hospital has the facilities to cater for them immediately.

Kua puta tetahi purongo kei te taki haramai etahi turoro o Tauranga ki te hohipera o Whakatane kia whai hauora mo ratau. Ki nga korero a Phillip Balmer o Hauora-A-Toi he kaupapa ma nga turoro o Tauranga ki te uru kia wawe ai te whakamutu i nga pokanga e hāngai ana ki nga niho, era o te tinana, nga waewae me nga titihope o te tangata. Ara te whakaaro kia mahi pai ai i nga taputapu o te hohipera o Whakatane kia kaua ra nga turoro o Tauranga e taupua ana mo hia te roa e mamae ana.