International medical students seem likely to miss out on placements because of the placement shortage for graduate doctors, University of Otago Faculty of Medicine manager Bruce Smith says.
Vic Isbister was a young man working in Wellington when he saw Otago win the Ranfurly Shield at Athletic Park 56 years ago.
More than 1000 fans, including many young children, attended this afternoon's special ceremony at Forsyth Barr Stadium to welcome the Ranfurly Shield to its new home.
Health Minister Tony Ryall declined to comment on a landmark gender pay decision when he visited Dunedin yesterday.
It is not often Australian patients are referred to New Zealand, but next week an Australian patient will be treated in Dunedin for a rare form of cancer.
Strategies are in place to avoid the situation faced by last year's nursing graduates, 30% of whom were unemployed at one stage.
The Government's elective surgery targets encourage health boards to push through high volumes of straightforward procedures, senior doctors' union executive director Ian Powell says.
The Otago Association for Deaf Children lobbied Dunedin Hospital management and the former Otago District Health Board for improvements to audiology, but was frustrated when its concerns were largely ignored.
Smoke-free clauses will be added to community providers' contracts under a policy approved by the Southern District Health Board.
An ''extraordinary'' drop in international medical jobs contributed to a shortfall of places for this year's medical school graduates, which was resolved this week only by the goodwill of district health boards, Prof Des Gorman told a GP medical conference in Dunedin yesterday.
Board members, not staff, will decide whether locked-in mental health patients at Southern District Health Board are allowed to smoke.
The Southern District Health Board says it has no way of knowing how many parents sought a second opinion on their child's hearing before more than 1500 families were contacted and offered retesting.
Free Dunedin GP service Servants Health Centre is running a $1000 to $1500 monthly deficit, a situation it says could be relieved if it had more GP volunteers.
The Southern District Health Board says it can focus on reducing waiting times for ultrasound, because CT and MRI waiting times are coming under control.
Paying for external support for its breast-screening service has cost the Southern District Health Board more than $650,000 for external screen readings in the past couple of years.
Centralising health board payroll services has been ruled out by the entity cutting costs in the sector.
A business case for centralising hospital kitchens is likely to go to district health boards early next year.
A Southern District Health Board audiologist failed to diagnose a boy's profound hearing loss despite seeing the boy five times over 11 years.
Outspoken Dunedin Hospital emergency department specialist John Chambers is standing for election to the Southern District Health Board.
Southerners should draw on their Scottish heritage and ''start a political revolt'' against an economic system that hurts the local economy, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters told an audience in Dunedin last night.
