Lowest Friday case number in South since February 18
Lowest Friday case number in South since February 18
Otago and Southland yesterday recorded its lowest number of new Covid-19 cases on a Friday since mid-February.
Mike Houlahan
Right to free expression can be fraught
Right to free expression can be fraught
Be it an exchange of ideas or preaching to the converted, the Free Speech Union is entitled to provide a forum for people to speak their minds, writes Mike Houlahan.
Vibrations from pile-driving analysed
Vibrations from pile-driving analysed
A different kind of PDA was on show at the new Dunedin Hospital site yesterday — not a public display of affection, rather a pile-driving analysis.
BA.2 variant no longer showing up
BA.2 variant no longer showing up
The BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron have conquered Dunedin.
Gore Hospital managing cases
Gore Hospital managing cases
A quarter of the 20 beds at Gore Hospital are now being used by Covid-positive patients.
Health body accepts findings over patient's care
Health body accepts findings over patient's care
Doctors in Southland Hospital’s emergency department were so swamped with patients it meant a man’s dangerous infection was not treated sooner, the health and disability commissioner has found.
Southland Hospital wards reopen for visits
Southland Hospital wards reopen for visits
Southland Hospital is once more open to visitors after Covid-19 exposure events in two wards, but overall numbers of people in hospital with the disease in the region continued to rise yesterday.
Accessibility Bill: will it make a big difference?
Accessibility Bill: will it make a big difference?
On Tuesday Parliament took an important step towards lowering barriers and guaranteeing equality for all ... or not, take your pick.
Redefining‘ rural’ can help tackle health disparities: study
Redefining‘ rural’ can help tackle health disparities: study
Rural people have a higher mortality rate than city-dwellers and the health system should redefine what "rural" means to ensure people in those areas have fair access to healthcare, new research suggests.
Saliva tests may be as good as nasal swabs
Saliva tests may be as good as nasal swabs
Research at laboratories in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin suggests saliva tests are just as effective at detecting Covid-19 as nasal swabs.
Aged-care projections queried by provider
Aged-care projections queried by provider
Projections a newly released report makes about the availability of aged residential care beds in the South might be optimistic, a local operator says.
South’s virus death toll fourth-highest in country
South’s virus death toll fourth-highest in country
Six more southerners who had Covid-19 have died, elevating Otago and Southland to fourth-highest in the regional toll of pandemic deaths.
First S.I. case of monkeypox
First S.I. case of monkeypox
Southern clinicians are receiving training this week on how to manage monkeypox, just as the first South Island case of the disease is reported.
Aim to get medical facilities to recycle
Aim to get medical facilities to recycle
The health system throws an enormous amount of material away but a Christchurch firm is trying to get facilities to consider recycling and reuse.
Aim to get medical facilities to recycle
Aim to get medical facilities to recycle
The health system throws an enormous amount of material away but a Christchurch firm is trying to get facilities, including two Dunedin hospitals, to consider recycling and reuse.
Ward closed again
Ward closed again
Southland Hospital’s assessment, treatment and rehabilitation ward has once more been closed because of Covid-19 and influenza exposure.
Nurses say offer one-sided
Nurses say offer one-sided
Government plans to boost the health workforce have brassed off the nurses’ union, which believes the reforms announced yesterday by Health Minister Andrew Little prioritise doctors.
Podcast about city fraudster heard internationally
Nine-part podcast about city fraudster heard internationally
The story of a fraud perpetrated by Barry Kloogh mainly against Otago and Southland residents now has a world-wide audience.
MoH agrees to raft of conditions
MoH agrees to raft of conditions
The Ministry of Health has agreed to a range of proposed conditions, including extensive monitoring of any traffic and vibration issues, as it seeks fast-track building consent for the new Dunedin...
Case numbers drop below 400 in South
Case numbers drop below 400 in South
Southern Covid-19 hospitalisations remained high yesterday, as the number of new daily cases in Otago and Southland dropped below 400 for the first time since late June.