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A Dunedin doctor’s prescribing of a dangerous drug to a Dunedin woman has been slammed after it caused her to terminate two pregnancies and resulted in her contracting a rare medical condition.
The future of the partly outdated and dilapidated Wakari Hospital complex is uncertain, as the Southern District Health Board considers moving services alongside the new Dunedin Hospital.
As a member of the parliamentary rugby team, Michael Woodhouse keeps relatively fit, which is just as well given his punishing schedule on Wednesday morning this week.
After Ashleigh Thompson’s mother Donna Hewitt died in the Otago Community Hospice last year, Ms Thompson decided she wanted to do something to thank the organisation for its help.
Warbirds Over Wanaka and the Royal New Zealand Airforce have been found liable for a crash at the 2018 event which left a pilot unharmed but his vintage aircraft destroyed.
Southern cancer treatment waiting times are creeping back up towards three months or more, prompting the Cancer Society to plead for urgent action to help affected patients.
Southern bars and restaurants have rearranged the furniture and tickets are back on sale for concerts and sports events, as the region returned to Covid-19 Alert Level 1 yesterday.
The Act New Zealand party annual meeting in May is not something which is usually of any significance down here in the South, but that will not be the case this year.
The next planning document for Dunedin’s new hospital may be submitted to the Cabinet next month — although it could be some time before ministers consider it.