Dunedin Hospital’s Covid-19 ward is now at capacity but pressure has eased at Southland Hospital, which was overloaded with Covid cases at the end of last week.
In the 1939 film classic, Mr Smith returns disillusioned after he goes to Washington, but Dunedin man Terry Taylor had a more rewarding experience when he visited this country’s capital.
No new funding for aged residential care in Thursday’s Budget will lead to the progressive collapse of the system which cares for the country’s elderly, a sector leader says.
Cancer treatment resources in the South are set to receive a major boost, after Pacific Radiology confirmed plans yesterday to open a new clinic in Dunedin.
Budget 2022 will be all about health, and Finance Minister Grant Robertson believes there will be enough money in the Government’s coffers for a meaningful change for New Zealanders. He spoke...
Work constructing the first of the twin buildings comprising the new Dunedin Hospital will start in early October, should fast-track consent be granted.
Nurses working in aged residential care have added their voices to those of their managers in calling on the Government for greater support for the sector.
Otago research has established that Long Covid patients have an almost identical chemical composition to people with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome.
Otago and Southland’s aged residential care is in a desperate position because of staffing shortages and the region's elderly will suffer as a result, operators say.