Southern Cross Hospital North Harbour
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Southern Cross Hospital North Harbour is the only private surgical in-patient hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 in North Shore City, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. It is run by Southern Cross Hospitals Limited, part of the Southern Cross Healthcare Group, and was established in 1991.

The facility has 67 beds and four operating theatre
Operating theatre
An operating theater was a non-sterile, tiered theater or amphitheater in which students and other spectators could watch surgeons perform surgery...

s, with around 5,000 operations undertaken annually. The hospital is currently (2007) undergoing expansion to add a fifth operating theatre, which will use 'laminar flow' procedures, and with 80 m² will be one of the largest in New Zealand.

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