Change will make vaccination process easier
Change will make vaccination process easier
Vaccinating southerners against Covid-19 became easier yesterday after a change of policy about the temperature at which the Pfizer vaccine must be stored.
Mike Houlahan
Hydro lake storage falling
Hydro lake storage falling
Power generators hope forecast heavy rain in the South will replenish lakes approaching dangerously low levels.
More care needed with meds: study
More care needed with meds: study
Doctors commonly prescribe medicines which potentially harm their patients and need to take more care, new University of Otago research says.
Departing SDHB executive: 'I have learnt so much'
Departing SDHB executive: 'I have learnt so much'
Lisa Gestro has been at the heart of some of the Southern District Health Board’s most controversial and most challenging moments in the past three years.
Otago connections in Bill of Rights debate
Otago connections in Bill of Rights debate
On Wednesday afternoon, while MPs were upstairs making law, downstairs in committee room 3, some of their colleagues were contemplating a profound change to how those laws are made.
Progress for SDHB gastro service
Progress for SDHB gastro service
The man asked to rectify issues in the Southern District Health Board’s gastroenterology service says progress so far is "a good news story", but warns a new issue could be looming.
GPs in South frustrated by planning for vaccination
GPs in South frustrated by planning for vaccination
Southern GPs are champing at the bit to get involved in the Covid-19 vaccination programme and are frustrated they have not yet been asked to play a role.
SDHB approves $215m digital strategy plan
SDHB approves $215m digital strategy plan
The Southern District Health Board has approved a $215million business case for a digital strategy, even though it is uncertain how it will pay for it.
People of the South deserve time, transparency
People of the South deserve time, transparency
Yesterday, as the Southern District Health Board was about to launch into a new topic eight minutes after its next meeting was meant to have begun, its chairman Pete Hodgson suggested that the...
Overcrowding avoided but more work needed
Overcrowding avoided but more work needed
Dunedin Hospital avoided crowding problems over Easter, but considerable work remained to be done before patient flow through the building improved, the Southern DHB has been told.
Vaccination rollout a ‘shambles’
Vaccination rollout a ‘shambles’
A new booking system for Covid-19 vaccinations will be launched next week, as the Southern District Health board concedes the current procedure has caused problems and is confusing.
Disability strategy launched
Disability strategy launched at function
A new Southern disability strategy must be more than just words, the man who is charged with bringing it into action says.
Vaccinations to ready resort for bubble
Vaccinations to ready resort for bubble
Queenstown border workers and frontline health staff will get their first Covid-19 vaccinations next week, as officials rush to get the resort ready for the opening of the transtasman bubble.
ICU upgrade opening delay
ICU upgrade opening delay
A year after it was meant to be receiving patients, stage 2 of the upgrade of Dunedin Hospital’s intensive care unit could be another 18 months away from opening.
Cost for hospital’s digital plan $215m
Cost for hospital’s digital plan $215m
Ambitious plans for a fully digital new Dunedin Hospital would cost more than $215 million.
Proposal to expand ED in the works: SDHB leader
Proposal to expand ED in the works: SDHB leader
Southland Hospital’s embattled emergency department may be in line for an expansion.
City colonoscopies on cards to clear backlog
City colonoscopies on cards to clear backlog
Southland gastroenterology patients may be offered appointments in Dunedin as the Southern District Health Board tries to clear its backlog of overdue colonoscopies.
New scanner on the way for hospital
New scanner on the way for hospital
A new CT scanner in Dunedin Hospital should be installed and working before the end of the year.
Overhaul for ‘rapid-rounds’ system
Overhaul for ‘rapid-rounds’ system
Dunedin Hospital’s "rapid-rounds" system is to be overhauled as part of the Southern District Health Board’s efforts to eliminate bed block.
Elective operation backlog optimism
Elective operation backlog optimism
Clarification of Ministry of Health funding for Covid-19 recovery surgery has given the Southern District Health Board a financial incentive to tackle its backlog of elective operations.