Surgical Care
As the largest surgical provider in New Zealand, Auckland City Hospital's Surgical Care team cares for patients facing everything from sudden trauma to major planned operations.
When you support Surgical Care, you’re not just supporting our operating theatres – you’re backing teams of highly-skilled surgeons, nurses and specialists who strive to give New Zealanders the best possible outcomes.
The team’s impact
The Surgical Care team at Auckland City Hospital delivers lifesaving care on an extraordinary scale:
- It is New Zealand’s #1 – the most extensive elective and acute surgery system.
- The team performs 23,000+ elective surgeries annually.
- There are around 30,000 acute surgeries (emergency and unplanned) undertaken every year.
- More than 1,000 cardiac and other specialist surgeries, including complex heart and lung procedures, are performed each year.
- It is the only team in New Zealand to perform heart transplants, lung transplants, and combined kidney and liver transplants – delivering a vital nationwide service.
- The team treats highly complex cases from across NZ – performing a wide range of tertiary and quaternary specialised surgeries.
This team is a lifeline for New Zealanders who need complex and critical surgeries. Why?
Auckland City Hospital delivers highly specialised surgical services that aren't available anywhere else. It is a major referral centre, caring for the country's most complex cases. Its teams perform advanced, lifesaving surgeries and transplants for patients who have nowhere else to turn.
The hospital is also a major training site for surgeons and perioperative professionals cross specialties – helping to sustain the workforce nationwide.
By supporting this team, you’re expanding what’s possible for patients hospital-wide: major trauma, complex cancers, organ transplants, and high-risk procedures that depend on world-class surgical expertise. Your donation can help Surgical Care save lives — not just in Auckland, but nationwide.
Supporter highlights so far
Over $100,000 in donations has funded the TruBlue laser that brings bloodless surgery and precision care
A $400,000 donation has funded the Eyesi® Surgical VR simulator, giving eye surgeons advanced training
$23,000 in donations has funded a video laryngoscope, helping ED clinicians secure patients’ airways
Let’s support the team that performs lifesaving surgeries.
Patients nationwide come here for the highest level of surgical care. Beyond government funding, the Surgical Care team needs us to fast-track advanced equipment and cutting-edge technologies, which can give New Zealanders the best possible outcomes.
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Inside heart surgeries – Dr Christine Goh
Dr Christine Goh is leading the way in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery in New Zealand.
As the first hospital in the country to adopt this approach, the team has completed 50+ procedures with excellent results.
Dr Goh shares what this breakthrough means for patients and how donor support can grow and sustain the innovation.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Accelerating robotic surgery pathways
Donations to Surgical Care support technology that can improve outcomes for patients facing life-threatening, time-critical conditions; technology like advanced robotics to enable enhanced precision and safety in complex surgeries.
Introducing robotics at Auckland City Hospital would help our teams keep pace with international best practice, and attract and retain the best surgeons. For example, we have a Cardiothoracic Fellow currently training in Melbourne, where over 90% of lung operations use robotic techniques. Bringing this technology home helps ensure these specialists return and train the next generation locally.
Robotics improves patient outcomes by enabling minimally invasive procedures, reducing complications, and supporting faster recovery. It also reduces physical strain on surgeons and ensures sustainable delivery of complex procedures.
By investing in robotics, donors equip teams with world-class technology to deliver the safest, most effective surgical care — strengthening capability, improving patient outcomes, and building a future-ready health service for all.
News in Surgical Care
Catch up on the incredible work happening in Auckland City Hospital’s world-class surgical teams.
Sharper vision, better outcomes: cutting-edge camera
The future of heart surgery with Christine Goh
The future looks bright with Eyesi
Meet the patients
Auckland City Hospital’s surgical teams have introduced us to some resilient and inspiring people who have experienced first-hand the teams’ commitment and care – helping them survive and thrive.
The HOPE Box brings a lifesaving heart to Taylor
Jill gives thanks after life-saving cancer surgery and care
Yvonne gives comfort to fellow patients
Ian’s remarkable story of survival, recovery and determination
Paul breathes new life thanks to specialist care
