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New measures could include home-based care for people with Covid-19 to reduce strain on hospitals...

‘Thousands of deaths’ from Covid a risk in reopening scenario: modeller

The most dangerous phase of the Covid-19 pandemic could still be ahead for New Zealand, and opening borders, even with high vaccination rates, could lead to thousands of deaths, it was suggested yesterday.

Dozens of southern women recalled for breast screening

Dozens of southern women recalled for breast screening

Dozens of Otago and Southland women face an anxious few weeks after being recalled for mammograms and other breast assessments to be redone.

Technique simplifies women’s surgery

The revolutionary vNOTES endoscopic device used for gynaecological procedures.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Technique simplifies women’s surgery

Gynaecologists in the South have started using a new technique which both reduces trauma for their patients and makes operations such as a hysterectomy much easier for surgeons.

Knitting up a wealth of comfort for tiny patients

Knitting up a wealth of comfort for tiny patients

Southern District Health Board healthcare assistant Jacquie Williams is surrounded by knitted baby clothing, after staff at Queen Mary Maternity Unit at Dunedin Hospital asked the community to help...

CT scanners could be replaced early, SDHB leader says

The diagnostic radiologist has today been found in breach for failing to correctly interpret a...

CT scanners could be replaced early, SDHB leader says

The Southern District Health Board, which is already on the lookout for a new MRI machine, may add two new CT scanners to that purchase.

Additional ED resourcing confirmed

Additional ED resourcing confirmed

Help is on the way for Dunedin Hospital’s embattled emergency department.

Lower waste surgery way to cut back emissions

Lower waste surgery way to cut back emissions

When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, many New Zealanders are likely to be surprised to learn that about 5% of our national emissions total comes from our healthcare sector.

Southern medical staff volunteer for Auckland

Southern medical staff volunteer for Auckland

Southern health organisations are sending reinforcements north to help Auckland colleagues battling to contain the outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19.

'We were all ready to put our hand up to help' - Dunedin nurse

Nurse Mike O'Brien is leaving his family in Dunedin to help with Auckland's Covid response Photo:...

'We were all ready to put our hand up to help' - Dunedin nurse

A Dunedin nurse who's leaving his family behind to help with Auckland's Covid-19 effort says he's doing it to keep them - and the whole country - safe.

Pandemic led to some hoarding, panic-buying medicine: study

Cancer care is soon to be overhauled, but Pharmac should be left alone. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Pandemic led to some hoarding, panic-buying medicine: study

Some general practitioners have reported their patients were stockpiling, hoarding and panic-buying medications following the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic last year.

‘It is so frustrating’: doctors sound warning about staff projections

Under new government rules, three-quarters of people working in the public sector - including...

‘It is so frustrating’: doctors sound warning about staff projections

Projected staffing levels for the new Dunedin Hospital will likely be inadequate, doctors warn.

Hospital business case now released

The latest concept design image for the new Dunedin Hospital buildings, supplied by the...

Hospital business case now released

The new Dunedin hospital will be 2000sqm smaller than originally proposed.

Local cancer treatment to continue, more outsourcing considered

Local cancer treatment to continue, more outsourcing considered

Cancer patients in the South are continuing to receive treatment in local hospitals, and the Southern DHB is considering continuing to outsource treatment to Christchurch despite the lockdown.

Harsh truth of Maori health outcomes hits home

The Southern District Health Board’s Maori health directorate, chief Maori health strategy and...

Harsh truth of Maori health outcomes hits home

Recently the Southern District Health Board considered a confronting report which set out in stark detail the differing life expectancies in Otago and Southland if you are Maori or another...

WorkSafe steps in over ED concerns

Health and safety regulator WorkSafe is working with the Southern District Health Board on how to improve the beleaguered emergency department at Dunedin Hospital.

Warning about bronchodilators

Respiratory physician Dr Jack Dummer and Associate Prof Lianne Parkin, of the Otago...

Warning about bronchodilators

COPD patients and their healthcare providers are being urged to consider the possible benefits and harms of escalating treatment from one to two long-acting bronchodilators.

DHB says walk-in jabs fit ‘pragmatic’ approach

Walk-in Covid-19 vaccinations are becoming a feature for several southern clinics, with the health board’s blessing.

Determination for change in mental health sector

Southern mental health services have been subject to a second in-depth investigation in the past three years - a review which everyone hopes will ease the strain on a sector under severe pressure.

Mother who poisoned toddler gets home detention

The nurse worked at Starship Hospital in 2016. Photo / Google Maps

Mother who poisoned toddler gets home detention

A mother who was caught poisoning her son at hospitals in Auckland and Dunedin as medical staff scrambled to save the toddler's life has been sentenced to 11 months of home detention.

Drawings give first impression of hospital

An artist’s impressions of what the exterior and interior of the new Dunedin Hospital outpatient...

Drawings give first impression of hospital

New drawings of the outpatient building for the new Dunedin Hospital give the clearest impression yet of what the $1.47 billion project will look like.

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