Richard Thomson addresses the gathering.
Professor Sam Mann takes a text message.
Glenda Alexander and Lorraine Lobb celebrate.
Neurosurgery survivor Casey Coombes.
Professor Sam Mann and Glenda Alexander.
Intensive care nurse Pam Adams, whose son had life-saving neurosurgery when he was 13, is thrilled the service will be retained in Dunedin.
David Clark, Marie Lloyd, Kate Burton, Jane Nimmo, Barbara Brinsley, Lorraine Lobb and Glenda Alexander.
Nicky Fairbairn looks on as fellow neurosurgery survivor Casey Coombes wipes a tear after hearing the future of neurosurgery in Dunedin.
There were smiles all round at the Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum as the neurosurgery panel's finings were revealed in a video link from Wellington.
Photos by Gerard O'Brien and Peter McIntosh; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.