Hospital opening: What??s happening

COME this Monday, it's green for go for the huge "go-live" move to Wairarapa's new hospital.
To the casual observer it looks like a logistic nightmare, moving around patients, staff and equipment from one hospital to the other in an exercise which communications officer Jill Stringer said had been planned down to the last hour.
But before then, the hospital doors will open for staff and their families, stakeholders and the general public to get a firsthand look.
Following is an outline detailing the events of the weekend and next 10 days.
Today:
??10am to 1pm: Staff and family open day.
??1pm: Tour for sponsors of courtyard and landscaping project.
???n2pm: Night duty staff and family tour of Wairarapa hospital.
Sunday, March 26:
Public open day with guided tours through the hospital. There'll be opportunities to see the Lifeflight helicopter and ambulances, plus a bouncy castle for the kids. Refreshments will also be available.
??3 pm: The commercial clean after open day.
Monday, March 27:
The start of the "go-live" move to the new hospital begins with moving out health records, imaging and the pharmacy.
Tuesday, March 28:
Main reception and health records will be open at Wairarapa Hospital from noon on Tuesday March 28, to direct visitors to the appropriate area. Masterton Hospital main reception will stay open until 5pm on Thursday, March 30.
??Pharmacy will be operational from Wairarapa Hospital from 9.30am Tuesday, March 28.
??Allied Health Department and gym equipment will be moved beginning on Tuesday March 28. Hydrotherapy pool will be finished during the next few weeks.
Wednesday, March 29 :
Operating theatre, CSSD and day-case, acute services, paediatrics, medical and surgical ward, maternity, Assessment treatment and rehabilitation all on the move.
Thursday, March 30 :
Acute operating theatre will work as normal in Masterton Hospital over the weekend and until the end of business today. An acute theatre will also be available in Wairarapa Hospital from 8am.
??Acute Assessment Unit: Will close at Masterton Hospital at 8pm Wednesday, March 29 and re-open 8am Thursday, March 30. at Wairarapa Hospital.
??Emergency Department: The new department opens at 7am on Thursday, March 30. It is expected there will be few patients in Masterton ED at this time. Those who are, will either be discharged or transferred to Wairarapa Hospital.
??High Dependency Unit will be open from 8am Thursday, March 30 for acute admissions, and patients in the unit will be transferred to Wairarapa Hospital after breakfast that day.
??Day stay which closed on Friday, March 24 reopens as Day Procedure Unit in Wairarapa Hospital from noon Thursday, March 30 to Tuesday, April 4 to support the acute theatre only. The unit will then open at Wairarapa Hospital to support elective surgery from Wednesday, April 5
??Paediatrics will be open from noon, Thursday, March 30 for acute admissions. Children in the old unit transferred to new children's ward or discharged, while babies in the neo-natal unit will either be transferred to Hutt Hospital, discharged or transferred to Wairarapa Hospital.
??Imaging. Full service at Wairarapa Hospital, Thursday March 30.
??Medical and surgical ward in-patients all out of old ward by 3pm,Thursday, March 30.
??Maternity: The new maternity unit will open for new admissions at noon on Thursday, March 30. There will be no planned inductions or elective caesareans from Tuesday, March 28, through to Wednesday, April 5. Post natal women will either be discharged or transferred to Wairarapa Hospital. Women in labour where delivery is not imminent will be transferred to the new hospital, but if labour is advanced, transfer will be after delivery.
??Rehabilitation: Patients moved after lunch with as many patients as possible transferred to rest homes or discharged before the move.
??Outpatients closes at Masterton Hospital, Friday, March 24 and re-opens at Wairarapa Hospital Monday, April 3.
??Selena Sutherland moves Tuesday, March 28 and re-opens in Wairarapa Hospital on Monday, April 3.
April Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5:
Laboratory migration will take place over two days, Tuesday, April 4 to Wednesday, April 5.
These dates were changed from March 29 and 30 as originally planned. Patients need to avoid April 4 and April 5, as although there will be a phlebotomy service in Wairarapa Hospital it would be very difficult to provide a laboratory- testing service on the moving days, particularly April 5.
Ms Stringer said that on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 29, 30 and 31, wardens will be stationed just inside the entrance to Selina Sutherland drive to give directions to people coming to hospital.
She said with the move basically finished by Tuesday, April 4, and the new hospital fully functional by Wednesday, April 5, the next few months would be a settling-in period, tying up loose ends, and with the finishing touches put in place inside and outside the new hospital. "Things like landscaping have to be done when it's best for the trees and plants," she said.
"We also expect, as with any new building, that we will identify items we want modified, but we need to live in it for a while first.
"It's an amazing new building ?V the local contractors and builders have done an incredible job to enable us to shift in on time."
The official opening will be on May 4, with Prime Minister Helen Clark and Health Minister, Pete Hodgson in attendance..
The proceedings will take place between 10.30am and noon with final details yet to be confirmed.