Dunedin businessman Richard Thomson, who features in today's Summer Times discussing the impact of the Christchurch earthquakes on his Acquisitions stores, had more praise for his staff after the shops took another pounding on December 23.
Improvements to the way patients' allergies are recorded will flow from the planned extension of the hospital electronic prescribing system piloted at Dunedin Hospital, hospital information technology clinical leader Dr Andrew Bowers says.
Shops open in Port Chalmers on yesterday's public holiday enjoyed unexpected brisk trade as hundreds of cruise-ship passengers filled the town during a shortened visit.
Finnian Toc O'Malley almost missed being able to have New Year's Day as his birthday.
Doctor have been reminded about their legal duty to report suspected notifiable diseases in order to help health services respond to possible disease outbreaks.
Yesterday's sunny weather may have been great for visitors to the 37th Whare Flat Folk Festival, near Dunedin, but perhaps less rewarding for performers in the main marquee.
Staying times at Dunedin Hospital's emergency department have improved considerably in recent months but there is still much work to be done, Mike Hunter says.
A long-running dispute between Southern District Health Board and South Link Health, believed to involve millions of dollars and contracts dating back to the 1990s, has yet to be resolved.
If you find yourself using toilet facilities in some far-flung place where there is no soap these holidays, do not despair about your hand hygiene.
Delays in recruiting anaesthetists to allow extra acute surgery at Dunedin Hospital illustrates the country's continuing specialist workforce crisis, Associated Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Ian Powell says.
Extra acute operating time at Dunedin Hospital may not go ahead until March next year.
I had intended to keep this matter secret, but a few days' short of the new year my resolve is weakening.
The National Health Board appears to be sticking to its view that savings will result from its proposed changes to the Wakatipu health services, but is not giving clear answers to questions on the issue.
Doctors are being asked not to sign medical certificates supporting the use of marijuana to relieve chronic pain.
Extra pay for senior doctors agreed this week is expected to cost the Southern District Health Board $1.8 million over a year.
A scholarship for an Otago healthcare practitioner keen to undertake research in complementary and alternative medicine is being offered by Integrative Health Trust Otago.
Funding options for the South Island neurosurgical service will be among the issues to be explored by the governance board in the coming year.
The National Health Board says it is pleased with the progress made by Dunedin Hospital staff after the controversial assessment of hospital systems earlier this year.
Sodden plants at the Botanic Garden were well-carolled yesterday afternoon, but the rhododendrons at the Lady Thorn Rhododendron Dell in Port Chalmers missed out.
University of Otago health researchers have been unable to attract $700,000 from the dairy industry for further study into a possible link between the consumption of milk and reduced bowel cancer rates.
