Dunedin Hospital's ninth operating theatre is expected to
increase available surgical time by 40 hours a week, the
Southern District Health Board says.
An internal report's recommendation to increase chartered
flights between Invercargill and Dunedin to cope with
increased travel demands was declined because of cost, the
Southern District Health Board says.
A new electronic patient meal ordering system in Southern
District Health Board hospitals will still be used if
hospital food preparation is centralised to Christchurch, the
board says.
Concern health staff do not understand the implications of
their views entering the public arena was behind a decision
to withhold their details, the Southern District Health Board
says.
A Dunedin referendum on fluoride would stir up old arguments
which have been settled by science, Southern District Health
Board chairman Joe Butterfield says.
The Iwi Governance Committee has ''strong views'' on the
possible outcomes of a Ministry of Justice coronial services
shake-up, Southern District Health Board member Sandra Cook
said yesterday.
Departing planning and funding head Robert Mackway-Jones has
been credited with improving the Southern District Health
Board's relationships with the public, as the board farewells
the long-standing executive.
The Southern District Health Board will share another health
board's planning executive for nine months while it reviews
the role being vacated by Robert Mackway-Jones.
