Praise for cancer plan, desire 'to do better'

Southern District Health Board medical oncology clinical director Blair McLaren is keen to apply...

Praise for cancer plan, desire 'to do better'

The recently released national cancer action plan offers a clear vision of how to tackle the killer disease, Southern District Health Board medical oncology clinical director Blair McLaren...

Oncology separation criticised

Oncology separation criticised

Locating radiation oncology services outside the new Dunedin Hospital buildings should be urgently rethought, a senior cancer physician says.

More measles patient movements revealed

More measles patient movements revealed

Health officials have highlighted places infectious measles patients in Oamaru and Dunedin have visited, in an attempt to keep the current outbreak of the disease in check.

Hint Govt could provide some funds for Wakari Hospital

Wakari Hospital. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Hint Govt could provide some funds for Wakari Hospital

Health Minister David Clark has strongly hinted money could be available to renovate or replace not-fit-for-purpose buildings at Wakari Hospital if the SDHB puts forward a compelling case.

Investors in Ponzi, report says

Investors in Dunedin financial planner Barry Kloogh's doomed investment companies were unwittingly paying into a Ponzi scheme, the liquidator of the companies says.

Further infectious measles locations in South revealed

Further infectious measles locations in South revealed

Waitaki Boys High School in Oamaru and Meridian Mall in Dunedin are among the new locations in the South revealed to have been visited by infectious measles patients.

Big questions for aspiring SDHB members

Its deficit and waiting lists are pressing issues, but the incoming Southern District Health Board will have plenty of other weighty items on its agenda. Health reporter Mike Houlahan reports.

Measles cases confirmed in Dunedin, Wanaka and Oamaru

The region's measles outbreak has spread beyond Queenstown, with cases now detected in Wanaka, Dunedin and Oamaru.

A helping hand

A helping hand

Three Dunedin Hospital staff are about to be checked over by St John after a chemical spill at the site yesterday.

Workers join criticism of Wakari facilities

Workers join criticism of Wakari facilities

Patients and staff deserve better facilities than those available at Wakari Hospital, mental health sector workers say.

Facilities at Wakari not fit: report

Almost all of Wakari Hospital's facilities are not fit for purpose, pose safety risks to patients and staff, and hinder appropriate treatment of patients, a leaked report says.

Hospitals cope with technologists' strike

Southern hospitals coped well with the first of two planned strikes by medical imaging technologists, but warn the real impact of the stopwork might not yet have emerged.

Hospital imaging staff taking industrial action

Up to a third of scheduled appointments at some southern hospital services may be postponed this week due to industrial action by medical imaging technologists.

Top news: Opportunity Party to relaunch

Top news: Opportunity Party to relaunch

What if you threw a party and nobody came?

School's new creative arts centre provides flexible learning space

St Hilda’s Collegiate School dance students put its new creative arts centre through its paces...

School's new creative arts centre provides flexible learning space

Six years in the dreaming and 18 months in the building, St Hilda's Collegiate School's new creative arts centre was officially opened yesterday.

Oncology cover from Canterbury

Canterbury clinicians are providing cover to keep the Southern District Health Board's radiation oncology service running during a looming staff shortage.

More left ED without treatment

The reception area at Dunedin Hospital Emergency Department. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.

More left ED without treatment

Dunedin Hospital's emergency department has had a big increase in people leaving without being treated.

Climate change Bill keeps MPs on their toes

MPs (from left) Mark Patterson, Dr Liz Craig, Scott Simpson and Michael Woodhouse take part in...

Climate change Bill keeps MPs on their toes

As any MP will tell you, you only have to say one word on, say, 1080 or water fluoridation and your email inbox will clog up within minutes.

Pupils connect with Anne Frank's story

Otago Girls’ High School pupils Grace Twaddle (left) and Victoria Couper examine a replica of the...

Pupils connect with Anne Frank's story

A group of Otago teenagers have been given the task of guiding their peers and the public through some of the most famous teenage writings of all time.

Medical imaging staff plan two stop-works

Medical imaging staff plan two stop-works

Some elective surgery and outpatient appointments throughout the southern region may be postponed if a planned strike by medical imaging technologists goes ahead.

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