Mike Houlahan

Woman waits nine months after tumour diagnosis

A woman believes a Southern District Health Board stuff-up may have caused her to go deaf in one ear after waiting nine months for it to follow-up after a tumour diagnosis.

Books donated to prisons

A bequest to Graduate Women Otago has been turned into a benefit for prisoners at the Otago Corrections Facility, whose library will be boosted after several boxes of books were donated yesterday.

A most persuasive document

Today, 125 years ago, the main women’s suffrage petition was tabled in Parliament. Mike Houlahan looks back at a struggle for voting rights in which Otago was front and centre.

Legal action possible as Lumsden unit downgraded

Legal action possible as Lumsden unit downgraded

Lumsden Maternity Centre may take legal action over the Southern District Health Board’s decision to downgrade its services.

EDs a drag on meeting targets

Beleaguered emergency departments have dragged down the Southern District Health Board’s performance in meeting national health targets.

Downgrade for Lumsden maternity unit

A battle to save the status of Lumsden's maternity centre has been lost, with the Southern DHB confirming it will be downgraded to a non-birthing unit.

Pasifika voices heard through contest

Otago Girls' High School year 12 pupil Tiare Makanesi opens the inaugural Otago Secondary...

Pasifika voices heard through contest

Making your voice heard was the theme of the inaugural Otago Secondary Pasifika Voices Speech Competition and 11 young people spoke out at Otago Girls' High School last night.

Dunedin motorway smash stalls traffic

Emergency services at the scene this evening. Photo: Gregor Richardson

Dunedin motorway smash stalls traffic

Part of Dunedin's southern motorway was brought to standstill this evening after a car crashed into a barrier near Fairfield.

SDHB praised in screening report

SDHB praised in screening report

The Southern District Health Board was under pressure to clear waiting lists before joining the national bowel cancer screening programme but delivered on time, an independent review of the programme says.

Medical dean appointed to health review

Medical dean appointed to health review

University of Otago Medical School dean Peter Crampton has been appointed to the panel conducting a review of New Zealand's health and disability system.

SDHB: recruiting started

Work is already under way to recruit employees to meet safe staffing requirements to be implemented under the now settled nurses' pay dispute, the Southern District Health Board (SDHB) says.

Nurses' pay dispute ends as offer accepted

Nurses have accepted the latest pay offer from district health boards today - a move welcomed by the Government.

Woodhouse pushes health targets case

National health targets perform a valuable role and should be retained, National health spokesman Michael Woodhouse says.

Master of Europe beyond the grave

Master of Europe beyond the grave

Mike Houlahan reviews Napoleon: Passion, Death, And Resurrection 1815-1840, by Philip Dwyer. Published by Bloomsbury.

$75,000 gets Baxter memorial fund rolling

Archibald Baxter. Photo: Ref: 1/2-037732-F. Alexander Turnbull Library

$75,000 gets Baxter memorial fund rolling

The project to build a memorial for conscientious objector Archibald Baxter has received a $75,000 grant from the Otago Community Trust.

New worm species on Rock and Pillar

A new species of hairworm found on the Rock and Pillar Range. Photo: Brenah Hearne

New worm species on Rock and Pillar

It's not quite an invasion, but a new species of ''body snatcher'' has been found in Maniototo.

Demand for blood hits SDHB

Last week - during the 'Know Your Type' campaign - at least 422 people signed up as new donors;...

Demand for blood hits SDHB

A $1million blow-out in the Southern District Health Board's budget for blood products is due to an unexpected surge in demand.

Work starting on emergency plan

Work starting on emergency plan

The Southern District Health Board will soon begin updating its emergency health plan, which expired last year.

Proposal to fund hep C treatment welcomed

Dunedin hepatitis C campaigner Hazel Heal has welcomed Pharmac’s proposal to fund a new treatment for the disease.

Chief ‘Atay’ portrait welcomed home

Hocken librarian Sharon Dell with the institution’s latest acquisition, Atay, chief of Otargo ...

Chief ‘Atay’ portrait welcomed home

A young Ngai Tahu man who set off on his OE 183 years ago has finally returned home to Otago.

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