Mike Houlahan

Southland Hospital is being swamped with Covid-19-positive patients and is unable to transfer any of them to other southern hospitals.

Waitaki National MP Jacqui Dean is to retire from politics at the next election.

Waitaki National MP Jacqui Dean is to retire from politics at the next election.

Cancer treatment resources in the South are set to receive a major boost, after Pacific Radiology confirmed plans yesterday to open a new clinic in Dunedin.

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Work constructing the first of the twin buildings comprising the new Dunedin Hospital will start in early October, should fast-track consent be granted.

 Allied health workers do the "unglamorous but vital" tasks in the health system and should be compensated fairly, a frustrated southern employee says.

Nurses working in aged residential care have added their voices to those of their managers in calling on the Government for greater support for the sector.

A new report has warned about 7% of southern hospital patients might suffer from an infection while being cared for.

Covid-19 might be loosening its grip on the South slightly after active case numbers fell by as much as 28% in some regions during the past week.

The Southern District Health Board has pledged to reduce the number of people who suffer some kind of harm while in its hospitals.