Wellington Regional Hospital opening

  • <span class="title">Unveiling</span><br/>The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, unveils a plaque and declares Wellington's Regional Hospital officially open.
  • <span class="title">Wellington Regional Hospital</span><br/>An exterior view of the Wellington's new Regional Hospital.  The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, officially opened the new facilities on 6 March 2009.
  • <span class="title">Operating theatre</span><br/>District Health Board chief operating officer, Shaun Drummond, explains the layout of one of the new operating theatres to (from left): Lady Anderson, wife of Board chairman Sir John Anderson, Mrs Susan Satyanand, and Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand.  For a hospital open day, the theatre has been set up with a mannequin on the operating table. 
  • <span class="title">Timeline</span><br/>The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, are shown a timeline of the history of Wellington Hospital by Capital and Coast District Health Board Chief Operating Officer, Shaun Drummond.
  • <span class="title">Waiata</span><br/><p> The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, join fellow guests in singing a song with the Wellington Hospital waiata group. </p>
  • <span class="title">Minister of Health speaks</span><br/>The Minister of Health, Hon Tony Ryall, speaks at the opening of the Wellington Regional Hospital.
  • <span class="title">Maori challenge</span><br/>The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, are challenged by a Māori warrior at the entrance of the Wellington Regional Hospital.

The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, opened Wellington's new Regional Hospital on 6 March 2009.