Drawings give first impression of hospital
Drawings give first impression of hospital
New drawings of the outpatient building for the new Dunedin Hospital give the clearest impression yet of what the $1.47 billion project will look like.
Mike Houlahan
Marae clinic a whanau affair
Marae clinic a whanau affair
While the southern region as a whole is lagging behind the Ministry of Health’s Covid-19 vaccination plans, in at least one place yesterday there was a determined effort to get ahead of the curve.
20,000 behind in vaccinations
20,000 behind in vaccinations
The Southern District Health Board is more than 20,000 Covid-19 vaccinations behind where the Ministry of Health planned for it to be by now.
Mandated staff levels called for
Mandated staff levels called for
Dunedin aged-care workers have made an impassioned case for increased staffing at rest homes describing shifts where one staff member was left responsible for 50 people and routinely asked to work double shifts.
Doctor facing disciplinary action for self-prescribing painkiller
Doctor facing disciplinary action for self-prescribing painkiller
A doctor is facing potential disciplinary action after he allegedly prescribed himself the powerful painkiller tramadol while visiting Dunedin.
GP thought about quitting vaccine rollout
GP thought about quitting vaccine rollout
A Cromwell GP says he was prepared to quit the Covid-19 vaccination rollout but remained out of concern for his patients.
Doctor facing disciplinary action for self-prescribing painkiller
Doctor facing disciplinary action for self-prescribing painkiller
A doctor is facing potential disciplinary action after he allegedly prescribed himself the powerful painkiller tramadol while visiting Dunedin.
Possible reason for huge use of nitrous oxide
Possible reason for huge use of nitrous oxide
The Southern District Health Board may have solved the great disappearing nitrous oxide mystery.
Tracing steps in fight against child poverty
Tracing steps in fight against child poverty
Liz Craig painted misty watercolour memories of the way we were in the House on Wednesday, as she looked back on moments she will never forget from her parliamentary career.
Close Wakari, report says
Close Wakari, report says
Dilapidated and inadequate mental health facilities at Wakari must be closed down, according to a new report which does not say where they would go instead.
Ronald McDonald house a Dunedin priority
Ronald McDonald house a Dunedin priority
A Ronald McDonald House is a step closer to being built in Dunedin, although the facility offering free accommodation to families of sick long-stay children will probably not be part of the city’s...
Preferred contractor built Chch Hospital
Preferred contractor built Chch Hospital
The Australasian firm CPB Contractors was yesterday named the Ministry of Health’s ‘‘preferred respondent’’ to build the larger of the two main buildings in the $1.47 billion project.
Vaccination centre staff numbers revealed
Vaccination centre staff numbers revealed
The Southern District Health Board intends to have 139 people working at its Meridian Mall Covid-19 vaccination centre, but do not expect to see them all there tomorrow.
Demolition clearance a huge task
Demolition clearance a huge task
Before you can build a new Dunedin hospital, you have to remove what sits on its future site. Health reporter Mike Houlahan looks at where the demolition debris from the central city sites is going.
Cancer victim failed by system dies
Cancer victim failed by system dies
Dunedin man Steve Carr, whose tongue cancer was misdiagnosed and subsequent treatment delayed, has died.
South escapes expected surge in respiratory cases
South escapes expected surge in respiratory cases
The anticipated surge in respiratory disease in the South seems not to have materialised.
Rate of vaccination slower than expected in the South
Rate of vaccination slower than expected in the South
The Southern DHB, initially a leader in the Covid-19 vaccination statistics, has fallen to be second last of all district health boards compared with the Ministry of Health’s vaccination plan.
Emergency patients waiting all night
Emergency patients waiting all night
Dunedin Hospital emergency department doctors arriving to work in the morning say they are routinely seeing patients who have waited all night and have not been seen yet.
Recruiting foils nursing staffing promise
Recruiting foils nursing staffing promise
The Southern District Health Board has pledged to boost nursing numbers to meet safety requirements, but is not confident of being able to hire the nurses it needs to fulfil that promise.
$50,000 for physio pool repairs will ‘only buy time’
$50,000 for physio pool repairs will ‘only buy time’
The Southern District Health Board has approved $50,000 in repair work for the Dunedin physiotherapy pool.