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Matamata-Piako Transport Providers
| Name of provider: | Matamata Community Health Shuttle |
| Contact person: | Jan Dench |
| Physical Address: | 41 Hetana Street, Matamata 3400 |
| Phone: | 07 888 6040 (for transport bookings) (Pohlen Hospital) |
| email: | admin@matamatashuttle.co.nz |
| Description of services: | Patients generally phone to make their transport arrangements, and on the evening prior to travel, the Driver will phone them, advising of their pick-up time. There is a Driver and a Support Person in each vehicle and they pick up the patients at their homes and deliver them right to the reception counter of the appropriate Ward, or, Clinic. Following the Patients appointment, the Driver, or, the Support Person will collect them from the Ward, or, Clinic, take them back to the mini-bus and deliver them back to their home. Transport is provided in 2 x 12 seat & 1 x 8 seat mini-buses, each equipped with a defibrillator, a wheelchair, a comprehensive first aid kit, blankets, vomit bags, water bottles and a fire extinguisher. On some occasions, private vehicles are also used. |
| Area covered: | Passengers are from the Matamata District. Urban passengers are picked up at their homes, but, due to time factors, most rural passengers make their own way in to town and travel with us from there. Most passengers travel to Waikato Hospital and Hamilton Clinics, but, we also transport patients to Thames, Tauranga, Rotorua, Tokoroa and Te Kuiti Hospitals |
| Additional Services: | Optional: Hireage of equipment and resources |
| Name of provider: | Te Aroha Community Support Society Inc |
| Contact person: | N. Holmes |
| Physical Address: | |
| Phone: | 07 884 9479 and 027 884 8884 |
| email: | tearoha.cs@gmail.com |
| Description of services: | Te Aroha Health Shuttle - Transporting clients to Hamilton, Thames, Auckland, and locally for health service appointments Door to door return transport to health service appointments; for example specialists, clinics, day surgery and including ongoing regular repeat treatments. |
| Additional Services: | Support people can often be taken, depending on the number of clients needing transport. Please talk to the co-ordinator when making your booking. |
| Name of provider: | Morrinsville Community Charitable Trust |
| Contact person: | Bryan Barker |
| Physical Address: | 18 Holmwood Park Drive, Morrinsville |
| Phone: | 07 889 5761 |
| email: | dole@xtra.co.nz |
| Description of services: | Health shuttle – Avaliable Monday – Friday. 8 seater van with first aid, defibrillator, wheelchair etc. Provides a driver and a support person. Donny Van – Avaliable Monday – Friday. Offers transport for the elderly and infirm for shopping, doctors etc. 8 seater van equipped with a wheelchair hoist. |
| Area covered: | Health shuttle – covers Morrinsville to medical centre and Hamilton for medical treatment specialist appointments. Donny Van – Within Morrinsville |
| Additional Services: | N/A |
| Name of provider: | Renal Transport Service |
| Contact person: | Nicky Hagen or Michelle Higgins (Waikato DHB) |
| Physical Address: | Bookings made via Waikato DHB Renal Services |
| Phone: | 07 839 8741 (Regional Renal Services reception) |
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