Eileen Goodwin

The Southern District Health Board has warned GPs about paracetamol after two young children were admitted to Dunedin Hospital's emergency department.

Health authorities have another reason to extol the benefits of flu jabs - they might prevent your child from developing schizophrenia.

A review looking at whether New Zealand needs a third medical school looks set to recommend keeping two schools, says Prof Des Gorman, executive chairman of a high-powered health committee.

The Dunedin City Council's top building inspector spent an "absolutely frantic" few days in Christchurch helping make decisions "on the fly" as the city slowly hauled itself back to its feet.

Alcohol supply shortages affecting some Dunedin restaurants and bars illustrate the problem of centralising goods distribution, says Table Seven owner Steve Richardson.

Inlet View Rest Home has closed, the second Dunedin rest-home to close in about three weeks.

Dunedin's Speight's Brewery has nearly doubled production because of the Canterbury quake.

Need your lawn mown or firewood carted inside? From next year, University of Otago students can take part in a volunteer scheme student leaders hope will change the university's drinking culture.

A survey revealing an urgent need to plan for a huge increase in demand for residential care for the elderly confirms what many in the sector feared, says Otago-Southland Aged Care Association board member Malcolm Hendry.

Waiting times for non-urgent radiology will increase because of the 24-hour radiographers' strike, Southern District Health Board diagnostic and support services Otago general manager Sonja Dillon says.