Health authorities are trying to track down 1200 hotel guests who may have been exposed to hepatitis A in Queenstown some of several thousand people possibly at risk.
A survey finding that almost half of men under 35 admitted to sometimes blowing their noses by covering a nostril and blowing the mucus on to the ground was no surprise to Otago District Health Board infection prevention and control charge nurse manager Jo Stodart.
During discussion of the Dunedin City Council consultation on transportation proposals, chief planning and funding officer Chris Fraser said the 30-minute limit was considered to be too short by a variety of people visiting the hospital.
Another junior doctors' strike in the next month could increase the risk to patients waiting for heart surgery at Dunedin Hospital
Dunedin Hospital patients are finding it hard to sleep in the early hours because of the noise from the nearby Bowling Green Tavern, a senior staff nurse says.
Although Dunedin Hospital's emergency department was reasonably busy on the first day of the junior doctors' strike yesterday, it still had 39 beds available last night.
How high-performing United States hospitals deal with clinicians who may be prone to dangerous practices will form part of a study
Concern that district health boards do not have control over pharmaceutical spending has been expressed by Otago District Health Board member and pharmacist Peter Barron.
A decision on whether chief executive Brian Rousseau will continue to head both Otago and Southland district health boards may be closer following this week's meeting of the Southland board.
Calls for the Government to step into the junior doctors' pay talks with district health boards before tomorrow's strike received no response from Health Minister David Cunliffe yesterday.
As the countdown continues to the second junior doctors' strike
As the countdown continues to the second junior doctors' strike, Dunedin Hospital has restricted its elective surgery list to ensure most patients are discharged by the time the strike begins on Wednesday.
Similarities between the building of the Pukehiki Church on the Otago Peninsula and the Awatea St stadium were noted by Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin at celebrations to mark the church's 140th ''birthday'' yesterday.
Last Sunday lunch-time, Dunedin man Bruce Summers had just finished telling a friend how he had not had any heart problems for a long time when he began to get severe chest pains.
If all its vacancies were filled, the Otago District Health Board would be in deep financial trouble, chief executive Brian Rousseau said yesterday.
Strike action by junior hospital doctors planned for next week looks likely to go ahead following the breakdown of talks between district health boards and the union yesterday.
Concern the quality of residential care for the elderly can be below that which would be acceptable for children was expressed by paediatrician Prof Barry Taylor in Dunedin yesterday.
Healthy Dunedin people aged between 50 to 65 have been slow to respond to the call to volunteer for a major flu vaccine trial.
Words might mean hard work for John Holmes, but it is not hard to tell he loves them.
An Oamaru man who has had visits to three hospitals where there was confusion over his identification suggests people should regularly check their health information.