Neurosurgery

A group of Waikouaiti women have helped boost the Neurological Foundation Chair in Neurosurgery appeal to $2.3 million.

The University of Otago has a favoured candidate for the post of inaugural professor of the Neurological Foundation Chair in Neurosurgery.

The Southern District Health Board is undergoing a clinical review because of the treatment of a Queenstown man who was dismissed as a drunk, despite having a life-threatening brain injury.

More than $160,000 has been added to Dunedin's neurosurgery appeal with the auction of a charity-built three-bedroom house.

The neurosurgery fundraising campaign has hit the $2 million mark, with less than a third of the total target still to raise.

Three prospective professors of neurosurgery will be interviewed next month for the Chair in Neurosurgery at the University of Otago.

The Clutha Licensing Trust has given $85,368 to the Chair in Neurosurgery campaign, bringing the tally close to the $2 million mark.

A Milford Track "brain walk" last week raised $112,000 for the chair in neurosurgery at the University Of Otago. Eileen Goodwin was one of 55 walkers taking part.

Dunedin's Mercy Hospital has given $50,000 to the Chair in Neurosurgery appeal, which has now toppped $1.8 million.

South Otago is continuing to help raise $3 million for neurosurgery positions in the South with a creative fundraiser unveiled in Owaka on Friday night.