Neurosurgery

University College finance administration manager Pip Falloon, of Dunedin, had emergency neurosurgery at the age of 48 in 2009 after an aneurysm in the right side of her brain ruptured and haemorrhaged. Pip tells her story ...

A donation of $100,000 for neurosurgery has delighted organisers of a public fundraising campaign, and brings the overall tally to more than $900,000.

The Otago Community Trust has announced a $300,000 grant towards a Neurological Foundation Chair in Neurosurgery at the University of Otago.

Exciting research possibilities lie ahead for the Dunedin academic unit of neurosurgery, clinical director of South Island neurosurgery Martin MacFarlane says.

One of the most uplifting local events of 2010 was the public campaign to keep neurosurgery in Dunedin and the South.

Cathy Matthews' life was saved by the service she championed but did not think she would need.

Funding options for the South Island neurosurgical service will be among the issues to be explored by the governance board in the coming year.

While a week is a long time in politics, a year is a short period for significant change in the health sector.

The second permanent neurosurgeon appointment has been made to the Dunedin node of the South Island Neurosurgery Service.

A second permanent neurosurgeon appointment to the Dunedin hub of the South Island Neurosurgery Service may not be far away.